HANA (hah-NAH)
Gender: F
Origin: Japanese
Meaning: "flower, blossom"
Popularity in 2008: #827
Many things to many peoples: a flower name, also spelled Hanae, to the Japanese; a Czech and Polish short form of Johana; and an alternate form of the biblical name Hannah in the U. S.
Nicknames & Variations:
Hanako,
Hanae