Hanna
HAN-ə · 2 syllables
♀ Female ◎ Hebrew ◈ 2 syllables
"Grace, favor"

From Hebrew

Hanna means grace or favour — the single-H, no-final-H variant of Hannah. Hanna (2011) features Saoirse Ronan as a teenage assassin raised in the Arctic. The spelling carries the same Hebrew grace as Hannah but with a slightly leaner, more European visual identity. Same Samuel's mother, same prayer-answered meaning, cleaner calligraphy.

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Hanna at a glance
MeaningGrace, favor
OriginHebrew
GenderFemale
Syllables2
NumerologyLife Path 2
US Rank (today)#535
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Why parents love Hanna
  • Hanna (film) features one of cinema's most compelling teen heroines.
  • The meaning grace is the most purely beautiful.
  • Five letters with a gentle, clean sound: HAN-ah.
  • Same Hannah heritage in a leaner form.
  • The European spelling feels slightly more modern.
The vibe of Hanna
gracefavoursingle-HEuropeanRonanassassinArcticleanprayer-answered
Origin & history of Hanna
Hebrew חַנָּה (Hannah, grace) leaner variant Hanna
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Hebrew roots
Hanna is a single-H variant of Hannah meaning grace or favour. The film Hanna (2011) stars Saoirse Ronan as a teenage assassin raised in the Arctic wilderness. The spelling is standard in German, Scandinavian, and other European traditions.
2
First recorded
Earliest known use: European variant of the Hebrew Hannah.
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Today
Hanna remains a beloved choice, ranking #535 in the US. 41,550 babies have been named Hanna since 1880.
◈ Sources: Behind the Name, SSA data
How popular is Hanna?
2000 peak year
Hanna's usage has held roughly steady recently. Today, Hanna is a moderately popular name in U.S. records (ranked #535) with about 577 babies named Hanna each year. At its height in 2000, Hanna reached #171 nationally — 1,912 babies received it that single year. Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. In all, around 41,550 babies have been registered as Hanna since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations 1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
1,912 Babies named in peak year
(ranked #171)
577 Avg. per year
(last decade)
5,770 Total registrations
last 10 years
41,550 All-time total
(since 1880)
Popularity in the US today (rank #535) Popular
→ Holding steady in recent years
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Numerology of Hanna
2
Life path number
The Peacemaker
Diplomacy, harmony and deep empathy.

Hanna's Life Path 6 is the nurturer's number — graceful nurturing. People named Hanna tend to be graceful, precise, and gifted at being deadly when necessary.

Deadly when necessary
Graceful precision
Arctic-trained
European clarity
Prayer-answered grace
H8
A1
N5
N5
A1
Sum: 20 → Life path 2
Personality of Hanna
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Peaceful
They bring calm to every room.
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Deeply loving
Their love runs deep and steady.
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Intuitive
They read people with extraordinary accuracy.
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Artistic soul
Beauty speaks to them powerfully.
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