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Hannah

Hebrew
"grace"
Grace Royal
By Grace Royal
Updated Tue Sep 30 2025

Hannah Origin and Meaning

The name Hannah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace".

Hannah is one of the nation's top biblical girls' names — it surpassed Sarah in 1998, and ranks in the Top 100 along with Elizabeth, Abigail, Chloe, and Naomi. Hannah is a name with many sources of appeal: Old Testament roots, soft and gentle sound, and a homey yet aristocratic image.

Hannah originated as a variation of the Hebrew name Channah, derived from the word channan, meaning "grace." In the Old Testament, Hannah is the mother of Samuel.

Names including Anne, Anna, Nancy, Anya, Annika, and Annabel are all related to Hannah. Alternate spellings such as Hana, Hanna, and Chana are also used.

The TV show Hannah Montana was a huge TV teen sensation from 2006 to 2011, and more recently was the name Lena Dunham chose for her own character in her hit series Girls. Hannah Baker is a central character on the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why.

Hannah is also a name that in its varied versions, which include Hana and Hanna, has roots in many cultures, from Hebrew to Arabic, European to Asian. All in all, Hannah is still a wonderful, if widely used, name.

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Hannah Rank in US Top 1000

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Hannah Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Hannah

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Famous People Named Hannah

  • Johanna "Hannah" Cohn Arendt
    German,American political theorist
  • Hannah Blessing Wood
    American actress; sister of Elijah Wood
  • Hannah Campbell Grant Gordon
    Scottish actress
  • Hannah Wilke (born Arlene Hannah Butter)
    American painter
  • Hannah Primrose
    Countess of Rosebery, one,time richest woman in Britain
  • Hannah Hoes Van Buren
    First Lady of the U.S. as wife of President Martin Van Buren
  • Hannah Teter
    American snowboarder
  • (Hannah) Dakota Fanning
    American actress
  • Hannah Simone
    Canadian Actress
  • Hannah Rose Ware
    English model and actress
  • Hannah Trigwell
    English singer
  • Hannah Tinti
    American novelist
  • Hannah Angela Kearney
    American Olympic mogul skier
  • Hannah Cohen
    American singer
  • Hannah Lynn Storm
    American TV journalist
  • Hannah Szenes
    British World War II paratrooper
  • Hannah Louise Spearitt
    English actress
  • Hannah Davis
    American fashion model
  • Hannah Georgas
    Canadian singer
  • Hannah Maud Hart
    American vlogger
  • Anna Therese Johanne "Hannah" Hoch
    German Dada artist
  • Hannah Yelland (born Hannah Elizabeth Roberts)
    British actress
  • Hannah More
    English religious author and philanthropist
  • Hannah Kelsey Brown
    American television personality
  • Hannah Jacklin
    American child model; twin sister Hayden Jacklin
  • Hannah Gibson
    daughter of actor Mel Gibson
  • Hannah Joy Gosselin
    daughter of American TV personalities Jon & Kate Gosselin
  • Hannah Jane Shepherd (b. 1985)
    daughter of actors Jessica Lange and Sam Shepherd
  • Hannah Mali Rose
    daughter of actress Sarah Drew
  • Hannah Kathryn Hader
    daughter of comedian Bill Hader
  • Hannah Bolton Hooper
    vocals and keyboard of American band Grouplove
  • Hannah Marie Tointon
    English actress

The name Hannah in Pop Culture

  • Hannah Abbott
    character in the Harry Potter series
  • Hannah Diamant
    character in manga/anime "Attack on Titan"
  • Hannah
    character in the 2008 movie "Made of Honor"
  • Hannah Rayburn
    character on TV's "State of Grace"
  • Hannah Baker
    character in "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
  • Hannah McKay
    character on TV's "Dexter"
  • Hannah Horvath
    main character in HBO's show "Girls"
  • Hannah Tupper
    character in 'The Witch of Blackbird Pond'
  • Hannah Baxter
    from TV series "Secret Diary of a Call Girl"
  • Hannah Javensen
    character in "The Face on the Milk Carton"
  • Hannah Jarvis
    character in "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard
  • Hannah Burley
    character on TV series "Bones"
  • Hannah Anafeloz
    character in the manga/anime Kuroshitsuji /Black Butler
  • Hannah Shepard
    mother of player character Commander Shepard from the Mass Effect franchise, "Spacer" background
  • Hannah Conroy Scott
    character in This golden land, by Barbara Wood
  • Hannah
    the main character in the folk tale 'The Clever Girl'
  • Hannah Rosso
    character in the children's novel '10 Kids, No Pets', by Ann M Martin
  • Hannah Washington
    character in video game "Until Dawn"
  • Hannah "Nana" Weaver
    character in film "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
  • Hannah "Narnie" Schroeder
    character in "On the Jellicoe Road"
  • "Hannah and Her Sisters
    " 1986 movie
  • "Hannah"
    song by band SWMRS
  • "Hannah Hunt"
    song by band Vampire Weekend
  • "Hannah Montana
    " Disney TV series
  • "Hannah Takes the Stairs
    " 2007 movie
  • Hannah Jelkes
    character in Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana"

International Variations of the name Hannah

  • Hajina
    Hungarian
  • Annalie
    Finnish
  • Anci
    Hungarian
  • Anne
    English
  • Anka
    Polish
  • Hana
    Slavic
  • Anezka
    Czech
  • Haniyyah
    Tunisian
  • Anya
    Russian
  • Anneka
    Swedish
  • Hanne
    Nordic
  • Anna
    Italian
  • Analee
    Hungarian
  • Ana
    Spanish
  • Ann
    English
  • Hannele
    German
  • Haniyah
    Moroccan
  • Hania
    Polish
  • Nusi
    Hungarian
  • Ania
    Polish

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