Hannah (given name)
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Hannah is a personal name, also spelt Hanna, Hana, or Chana, deriving from the Hebrew language
חַנָּה (Ḥannah), meaning "He (God) has favoured me/favours me (i.e. with a child)", or "gracious". The name is biblical as it is the name of the mother of the prophet Samuel
. Hannah had been unable to bear children, so she prayed at the temple that if God gave her a son, she would give him up to become a priest. When the child, Samuel, was born, she gave him to Eli to be raised as a priest (1 Samuel 1:2). The 'Hannah' spelling of the name was taken up as a given name by the Puritans in the 16th and 17th centuries and has always been a common Jewish name. Hannah is also a surname; see Hannah (surname)
. Ann (and Anne, Anna etc.) are derived from Hannah. The Punic name Hannibal derives, it is supposed, from the same root. The name Hannah is a palindrome – a word or phrase that reads the same in both directions. Hannah is a very common first name - it was ranked #23 for girls' names in 2009.
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Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
חַנָּה (Ḥannah), meaning "He (God) has favoured me/favours me (i.e. with a child)", or "gracious". The name is biblical as it is the name of the mother of the prophet Samuel
Hannah (Bible)
Hannah is the wife of Elkanah mentioned in the Books of Samuel. According to the Hebrew Bible she was the mother of Samuel...
. Hannah had been unable to bear children, so she prayed at the temple that if God gave her a son, she would give him up to become a priest. When the child, Samuel, was born, she gave him to Eli to be raised as a priest (1 Samuel 1:2). The 'Hannah' spelling of the name was taken up as a given name by the Puritans in the 16th and 17th centuries and has always been a common Jewish name. Hannah is also a surname; see Hannah (surname)
Hannah (surname)
Hanna or Hannah is a Scottish surname meaning that one is a descendant of the lowland Clan Hannay.- Notable persons :With the surname Hanna:* Charles Hanna , American politician...
. Ann (and Anne, Anna etc.) are derived from Hannah. The Punic name Hannibal derives, it is supposed, from the same root. The name Hannah is a palindrome – a word or phrase that reads the same in both directions. Hannah is a very common first name - it was ranked #23 for girls' names in 2009.
With the given name Hannah:
- Hannah ArendtHannah ArendtHannah Arendt was a German American political theorist. She has often been described as a philosopher, although she refused that label on the grounds that philosophy is concerned with "man in the singular." She described herself instead as a political theorist because her work centers on the fact...
(1906–1975), German philosopher - Hannah AyscoughHannah AyscoughHannah Ayscough was the mother of Sir Isaac Newton.-Early life:Hannah was born in Market Overton in Rutland in 1623. Her parents were James Ayscough and his wife Margery Blythe.-Motherhood:...
(1623–1679), mother of Sir Isaac Newton - Hannah Callowhill PennHannah Callowhill PennAs reported by Lauren Lizerbram, Hannah Callowhill Penn, was the second wife of Pennsylvania founder William Penn; she effectively administered the Province of Pennsylvania for six years after her husband suffered a series of strokes and then for another eight years after her husband's death...
(1671–1727), second wife of William Penn - Hannah ChaplinHannah ChaplinHannah Chaplin was the founding matriarch of the Chaplin family of actors as the mother of Sir Charlie Chaplin....
(1865–1928), mother of Charlie Chaplin - Hannah CowleyHannah CowleyHannah Cowley was an English dramatist and poet. Although Cowley’s plays and poetry did not enjoy wide popularity after the nineteenth century, critic Melinda Finberg rates Cowley as “one of the foremost playwrights of the late eighteenth century” whose “skill in writing fluid, sparkling dialogue...
(1743–1809), American dramatist and poet - Hannah Dakota Fanning American actress, better known as Dakota Fanning
- Hannah DustonHannah DustonHannah Duston was a colonial Massachusetts Puritan woman who escaped Native American captivity by leading her fellow captives in killing their captors at night. Duston is believed to be the first woman honored in the United States with a statue...
(1657 – c. 1736) Indian fighter. - Hannah FriedmanHannah FriedmanHannah Friedman is a writer, director, and musician from New York.-Biography:Hannah Friedman is the elder of two children born to notable singer-songwriter Dean Friedman. Hannah's mother worked for a time training monkeys...
(born 1986), American writer, director, and musician - Hannah GlasseHannah GlasseHannah Glasse was an English cookery writer of the 18th century. She is best known for her cookbook, The Art of Cookery, first published in 1747...
(1708–1770), English cookbook writer - Hannah GordonHannah GordonHannah Cambell Grant Gordon is a Scottish actress who is well known in the United Kingdom for her television work, including Upstairs, Downstairs, Telford's Change, My Wife Next Door, Joint Account and an appearance in the final episode of One Foot in the Grave.-Early life:Gordon was born in...
(born 1941), Scottish actress - Hanna HammarströmHanna HammarströmHanna Hammarström , was a Swedish inventor and industrialist. She was the first Swede to develop telephone vires. She manufactured the vires for the first Swedish telephone net. She also exported internationally....
(1829-1909), Swedish inventor - Hannah HarperHannah HarperHannah Harper is an English pornographic actress and director.Harper grew up in Brixham, a fishing town in Devon where her parents worked in local holiday camps. She describes herself as a "real goody-goody" at school, and studied Theatre, Media, Dance and Psychology at 'A' level at South Devon...
(born 1982), English pornographic actress - Hannah HauxwellHannah HauxwellHannah Hauxwell is a retired English farmer who has been the subject of several television documentaries on Yorkshire Television....
(born 1926), Yorkshire Dales farmer - Hannah HöchHannah HöchHannah Höch was a German Dada artist. She is best known for her work of the Weimar period, when she was one of the originators of photomontage.-Biography:...
(1889–1978), German Dada artist - Hannah IldHannah IldHannah, also known as Hannah Ild, is an Estonian singer. She was born on May 12, 1981, in Tallinn, Estonia. Hannah is a songwriter, singer and pianist, blending ballads and classic pop.-Early life & education:...
(born 1981), Estonian singer - Hannah MoreHannah MoreHannah More was an English religious writer, and philanthropist. She can be said to have made three reputations in the course of her long life: as a poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, as a writer on moral and religious subjects, and as a practical...
(1745–1833), English religious writer and philanthropist - Hannah PeckhamHannah PeckhamHannah Peckham is a British presenter, most notable for working in the United Kingdom on Quiznation and Pop the Q on TMF . Before working on Quiznation, she was a host on Avago programming in 2004. She also hosted PlayMania in the United States in June 2006...
(born 1980), British game show host - Hannah PingreeHannah PingreeHannah M. Pingree is a Democratic politician from the State of Maine and daughter of Maine politician Chellie Pingree. She served four terms in the State Legislature including one as Speaker of the House before being forced to leave office by state term limits. In the Legislature she represented...
, majority leader from Maine in the United States House of Representatives - Hannah PritchardHannah PritchardHannah Pritchard was an English actress.Born Hannah Vaughan and married to an actor William Pritchard at a young age, she first attracted attention as a singer at Bartholomew Fair in 1733 She was born on 11th July 1711 to her father Oliver Pritchard. Her mothers name is not known...
(1711–1768), English actress - Hannah RobinsonHannah RobinsonHannah Robinson is a British songwriter. Her best known compositions include the "Some Girls", a UK #2 for British pop star Rachel Stevens and Ladyhawke's "My Delirium". She also a vocalist and in 2006 achieved a #1 on the U.S...
, British songwriter - Hannah SpearrittHannah SpearrittHannah Louise Spearritt is an English actress and singer. She was previously a member of the pop group S Club 7. She is also known for playing the role of Abby Maitland in the British drama Primeval....
(born 1981) English singer and actress - Hannah StockbauerHannah StockbauerHannah Stockbauer is a German female athlete. She is active in swimming, and a five time world champion. In 2003 World Championships she won a gold medal at the 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events...
(born 1982), German swimmer - Hannah StormHannah StormHannah Storm is an American television sports journalist, serving as co-anchor of ESPN's SportsCenter Monday–Thursday mornings, and is also host of the NBA Countdown pregame show on ABC as part of the network's NBA Sunday game coverage.-Early life and career:Storm was born in Oak Park, Illinois,...
(born 1962), American co-host of The Early Show - Hannah SzenesHannah SzenesHannah Szenes , often anglicized as Hannah Senesh was a Hungarian Jew, one of 37 Jews from the British Mandate for Palestine that were trained by the British army to parachute into Yugoslavia during the Second World War in order to help save the Jews of Hungary, who were about to be deported to...
(1921–1944), Hungarian Jew arrested during the Second World War - Hannah TanHannah TanHannah Tan , also known as Hannah T or Hannah Sarah Tan, is a Malaysian singer-songwriter, actress, model and television personality...
, Malaysian singer-songwriter - Hannah Taylor-GordonHannah Taylor-GordonHannah Taylor-Gordon is an English actress. She made her film debut in the 1993 movie The House of the Spirits. She is known for her role as Anne Frank in the TV miniseries Anne Frank: The Whole Story for which she received both an Emmy and a Golden Globe nomination...
(born 1987) English actress, Anne Frank: The Whole StoryAnne Frank: The Whole StoryAnne Frank: The Whole Story is a mini-series based on the book Anne Frank: The Biography by Melissa Müller. The mini-series aired on ABC on May 20 and 21, 2001. The series starred :Ben Kingsley, :Brenda Blethyn, :Hannah Taylor-Gordon, and :Lili Taylor... - Hannah TeterHannah TeterHannah Teter is an American snowboarder from Belmont, Vermont. She is an Olympic champion, having won the gold medal in halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. She also won bronze at the 2005 FIS World Championships at Whistler, British Columbia, and has six World Cup victories...
(born 1987), American snowboarder - Hannah TointonHannah TointonHannah Marie Tointon is an English actress. She is best known for playing Katy Fox in the long running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, and Tara in British sitcom The Inbetweeners.-Early life:...
(born 1987), British actress - Hannah Van BurenHannah Van BurenHannah Hoes Van Buren was the wife of the eighth United States President, Martin Van Buren.Martin, aged 24, and Hannah, aged 23, married on February 21, 1807 at the home of the bride's sister in Catskill, New York. They had been childhood sweethearts and were first cousins once removed through...
(1783–1819), wife of the 8th president of the United States, Martin Van BurenMartin Van BurenMartin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States . Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson .... - Hannah VogtHannah VogtHannah Vogt was a German historian who wrote the best-selling book The Burden of Guilt - A short history of German 1914-1945. It was first published in Germany in 1961 and sold 400,000 copies in the first two years.-Bibliography:...
(1910–1994), a German historian - Hannah Webster FosterHannah Webster FosterHannah Webster Foster was an American novelist.Her epistolary novel, The Coquette; or, The History of Eliza Wharton, was published anonymously in 1797. Although it sold well in the 1790s, it was not until 1866 that her name appeared on the title page...
(1758–1840), American novelist - Hannah WeinerHannah WeinerHannah Adelle Weiner was an American poet who is often grouped with the Language poets because of the prominent place she assumed in the poetics of that group.- Early life and writings :...
(1928–1997), American poet - Hannah Whitall SmithHannah Whitall SmithHannah Tatum Whitall Smith was a lay speaker and author in the Holiness movement in the United States and the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
(1832–1911), American lay speaker and author during the Holiness movement - Hannah WilkeHannah WilkeHannah Wilke was an American painter, sculptor, photographer, video artist and performance artist.-Biography:...
(1940–1993), American painter, sculptor and photographer - Hannah WoodHannah WoodHannah Blessing Wood is an American poet and actress. She is the younger sister of actor Elijah Wood, and has had small roles in a number of Elijah Wood's films.-Biography:...
(born 1983), American poet and actress, sister of Elijah Wood - Hannah (singer)Hannah (singer)Hannah is an Australian pop singer, song writer and musician whose mother helped buy her into the top 40. Her debut single, "No Relief", entered the ARIA Singles Chart at #40 after her mother, Denise Reid, encouraged friends and family to buy multiple copies. After this was discovered many sales...
, Australian pop singer
With the given name Hanna:
- Hanna FahlHanna FahlHanna Fahl is a Swedish music journalist and translator. She is also the host of P3 Pop, a radio show on P3, Sveriges Radio. She sings vocals and plays flute in Kissing Mirrors, a death-pop band from Stockholm.-External links:*...
(born 1978), Swedish music journalist and translator - Hanna GrönvallHanna GrönvallJohanna Kristina "Hanna" Grönvall was a Swedish politician and trade union worker.Grönwall worked as a maid from 1900 to 1934...
(1879-1953), Swedish politician - Hanna Holborn GrayHanna Holborn GrayHanna Holborn Gray , is a historian of political thought in the area of the Renaissance and Reformation, and an emerita professor and former President of the University of Chicago.-Biography:...
(born 1930), American historian and professor - Hanna JaltnerHanna JaltnerHanna Maria Jaltner is a former female breaststroke swimmer from Sweden. She competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, in the Women's 100m Breaststroke and the Women's 4x100m Medley Relay . She was affiliated with theUniversity of California in Berkeley,...
(born 1976), Swedish breaststroke swimmer - Hanna KarasiovaHanna KarasiovaHanna Karasiova is an athlete from Belarus. She competes in archery.Karasiova represented Belarus at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 62nd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 588. In the first round of elimination, she faced 3rd-ranked Yun Mi Jin of Korea...
(born 1978), Belarusian archer - Hanna LindbergHanna LindbergHanna Lindberg was a Swedish Municipal Politician , feminist and milliner. She was the first woman in the Örebro city municipal council...
, Swedish politician, the first woman in a communal council (1910) - Hanna LjungbergHanna LjungbergHanna Carolina Ljungberg is a Swedish football player, playing the position of forward. She plays for the club side Umeå IK and for the Swedish national football team. She debuted for Sweden, at age 17, on February 6, 1996 where Sweden won 8-0 against Spain.She is not related to Swedish male...
(born 1979), Swedish soccer player - Hanna Meron (born 1923), Israeli actress
- Hanna NewcombeHanna NewcombeHanna Newcombe, co-founder of Peace Research Abstracts and Peace Research Reviews, was the recipient of the 1997 Pearson Medal of Peace and was elected a member of the Order of Canada in 2007 for her work in peace research and international relations. Newcombe was born Hanna Hammerschlag on Feb. 5,...
(born 1922), Canadian peace activist - Hanna PakarinenHanna PakarinenHanna Helena Pakarinen is a Finnish pop and pop-rock singer who rose to fame as the winner of the first series of the Finnish singing competition Idols in 2004...
(born 1981), Finnish pop singer - Hanna van RecklinghausenHanna van RecklinghausenHanna van Recklinghausen , was a banker in Lochem in the Netherlands. She is the earliest woman merchant known by name in the Netherlands....
(born 1332), banker - Hanna ReitschHanna ReitschHanna Reitsch was a German aviator and the only woman awarded the Iron Cross First Class and the Luftwaffe Combined Pilots-Observation Badge in Gold with Diamonds during World War II...
(1912–1979), German test pilot - Hanna RovinaHanna RovinaHanna Rovina , written also Hannah, Hana, or Chana Rovina or Robina, Israeli actress, is recognised as the original "First Lady of Hebrew Theatre".-Biography:Born in Belarus in the Russian Empire, she originally trained as a kindergarten teacher, at a course for...
(1892–1980), Israeli actress and the original "First Lady of Hebrew Theatre" - Hanna SchygullaHanna SchygullaHanna Schygulla is a German actress and chanson singer. She is generally considered the most prominent German actress of the New German Cinema.-Life and career:Schygulla was born in Königshütte, Upper Silesia,...
(born 1948), German actress and singer - Hanna Sheehy-SkeffingtonHanna Sheehy-SkeffingtonJohanna Mary Sheehy-Skeffington, was a suffragette and Irish nationalist. Along with her husband and Margaret Cousins and James Cousins she founded the Irish Women's Franchise League in 1908 with the aim of obtaining women's voting rights...
(1877–1946), Irish feminist, wife of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington - Hanna SuchockaHanna SuchockaHanna Suchocka is a Polish political figure. She served as the prime minister of Poland between 11 July 1992 and 26 October 1993 under the presidency of Lech Wałęsa. She is the first woman to hold this post in Poland and 19th in the world.Suchocka is a specialist in Constitutional Law...
(born 1946), Prime Minister of Poland from 1992–1993 - Hanna StyrellHanna StyrellHanna Styrell, , was a Swedish actress, and the royal mistress of King Charles XV of Sweden.Styrell was born daughter of a baker in Stockholm and became an actress at the age of seventeen, when she performed in the inauguration of the Odéon Theatre in 1859 under the name Hanna Stjernblad.She...
(1842–1904), Swedish actress - Hanna Zemer (1925-2003), Israeli journalist
With the given name Chana:
- Chana OrloffChana Orloff-Biography:Chana Orloff was born in Ukraine. She immigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1905 and settled in Jaffa, where she found a job as a cutter and seamstress. Zvi Nishri , the pioneer in physical education in Israel, was her brother....
(1888–1968), Ukraine-born sculptor
Fictional characters:
- Hannah Abbott, character in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
- Hannah Annafellows, character in the 2010 Black Butler anime sequel. Voiced by Aya HiranoAya Hiranofrom Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer who has had roles in several anime, visual novels, and TV commercials in Japan. She was contracted to Space Craft Produce, a branch of the Space Craft Group, for her voice acting career, and for her singing career,...
- Hannah AshworthHannah AshworthHannah Rose Ashworth is a fictional character from long-running Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, played by Emma Rigby. Hannah first appeared on-screen from October 3, 2005 until her exit on February 12, 2010....
, character portrayed by Emma Rigby on the English soap opera Hollyoaks
- Hannah MartinHannah MartinHannah Martin is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Rebecca Ritters. She made her first on-screen appearance on 20 July 1992. Hannah is the only child of Philip and Julie Martin and the younger sister to Michael and Debbie. The Martin family were written out...
, character portrayed by Rebecca Ritters on the Australian soap opera Neighbours - Hannah Montana, alter ego of Miley Cyrus' character in the television show of the same name
- Hanna-Justina Marseille, a character from the anime/manga Strike WitchesStrike Witchesis a mixed-media project originally created by Humikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. It was later adapted into two light novel series, three manga series, an anime OVA, a televised anime series and various video games. The story revolves around teenage girls who are...
- Hanna Rudel, a character from the anime/manga series Strike WitchesStrike Witchesis a mixed-media project originally created by Humikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. It was later adapted into two light novel series, three manga series, an anime OVA, a televised anime series and various video games. The story revolves around teenage girls who are...
- Hanna Wind, a character from the anime/manga Strike WitchesStrike Witchesis a mixed-media project originally created by Humikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. It was later adapted into two light novel series, three manga series, an anime OVA, a televised anime series and various video games. The story revolves around teenage girls who are...
- Hanna Marin a character from the TV and Book series Pretty Little LiarsPretty Little LiarsPretty Little Liars is a series of more than 10 young adult novels by Sara Shepard, from 1981–present, which have been made into a television show . The series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader,...
and in the TV series is portrayed by Ashley Benson - Hannah, character in the 1986 Woody Allen film, Hannah and Her SistersHannah and Her SistersHannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 American comedy-drama film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family over two years that begin and end with a family Thanksgiving dinner...
, portrayed by Mia Farrow.
Biblical characters:
- Hannah (Bible)Hannah (Bible)Hannah is the wife of Elkanah mentioned in the Books of Samuel. According to the Hebrew Bible she was the mother of Samuel...
, a character from the Books of Samuel - Saint AnneSaint AnneSaint Hanna of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. English Anne is derived from Greek rendering of her Hebrew name Hannah...
or Hannah, the mother of Mary, mother of Jesus