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.
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.
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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
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How popular is Hanna?
2000peak 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 registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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.
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