Hanna

Hanna

See also: hanna

English

Proper noun

Hanna (countable and uncountable, plural Hannas)

1. A female given name from Hebrew, of rare usage, variant of Hannah.
2. A surname originating as a matronymic based on Hannah.
3. An Irish and Scottish surname from Irish, an anglicization of Irish Ó hAnnaigh (“descendant of Annadh”).
4. A town in Alberta, Canada.
5. A village in Poland; named for Polish queen Anna Jagiellon.
6. A locale in the United States:
   1. An unincorporatedcommunity and census-designated place in LaPorte County, Indiana; named for a state judge.
   2. An unincorporatedcommunity in Louisiana.
   3. A ghost town in Missouri; named for Mark Hanna.
   4. A town in Oklahoma; named for early settler Hanna Bullett.
   5. An unincorporatedcommunity in South Dakota; named for Ohio senator Mark Hanna.
   6. An unincorporatedcommunity on Ute land in Utah; named for postmaster William P. Hanna.
   7. An unincorporatedcommunity in West Virginia.
   8. A town in Wyoming.

Alternative forms

• (Irish and Scottish surname): Hannah, Hannay, Hanney

Anagrams

• Hanan

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Danish

Proper noun

Hanna

1. (biblical) Hannah.
2. a diminutive of the female given name Johanna, equivalent to English Hannah (and sometimes spelled thus)

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• Hannah

Etymology

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑ.naː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Han‧na

Proper noun

Hanna f

1. Hannah (Biblical character).
2. a female given name

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Estonian

Proper noun

Hanna

1. Hannah (biblical character)
2. Anna (biblical prophetess)
3. a female given name of biblical origin, also short form of Johanna

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Faroese

Proper noun

Hanna

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Hanna: Honnuson or Hannuson
• daughter of Hanna: Honnudóttir or Hannudóttir

Declension

Singular Indefinite Nominative Honna Accusative Honnu Dative Honnu Genitive Honnu

Singular Indefinite Nominative Hanna Accusative Hannu Dative Hannu Genitive Hannu

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Finnish

Etymology

From Hebrew חַנָּה‎ (ḥannâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑnːɑ/, [ˈhɑnːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Han‧na

Proper noun

Hanna

1. a female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin, also a short form of Johanna
   • 1997, Leena Lander, Iloisen kotiinpaluun asuinsijat, WSOY, →ISBN, page 73:

     ―Hanna. Se on kaunis nimi. Ja niin osuva. Tulee hebreasta, merkitsee armoa. Kuka sen keksi?

     ―Hanna. It's a beautiful name. And so fitting. It's from Hebrew and means "grace". Who came up with it?

   • 2015, Helena Ruuska, Elämän kirjailija Eeva Joenpelto, WSOY, →ISBN, page 165:

     ―Hannalla on suomalaisessa kirjallisuudessa monta kaimaa, monta nuorta naista, jotka heräävät omaan naiseuteensa. J.L.Runebergin idyllieepoksessa Hanna (1836) papintytär rakastuu kaupungista saapuvaan opiskelijanuorukaiseen ja kokee ensirakkautensa kesäisessä idyllissä. Toisenlaisen kasvutarinan kertoo Minna Canth viisikymmentä vuotta myöhemmin pienoisromaanissa Hanna (1886), jossa nimihenkilö herää huomaamaan naisen alistetun aseman.

     Hanna shares her name with quite a few young women coming to terms with their femininity in Finnish literature. In J.L.Runeberg's idyllic epic Hanna (1836), a daughter of a priest falls in love with a city-dwelling young student and experiences her first love in a summer idyll. Another kind of growing up story is told fifty years later by Minna Canth in her novella Hanna (1886), where the eponymous main character comes to realize women's subservient position.

2. Hannah (mother of Samuel)
   • 1642, The Holy Bible, Samuel 1:8:

     Ja Elkana hänen miehens sanoi hänelle: Hanna/ mitäs itket? ja mixes syö? ja mingätähden sinun sydämes on nijn murhellinen? engö minä sinulle parambi ole cuin kymmenen poica?

     Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am I not better to thee than ten sons?

3. Anna (biblical prophetess)
   • 1642, The Holy Bible, Luke 2:36:

     Ja Hanna Prophetissa Phanuelin tytär/ Asserin sugusta/ oli joutunut pitkälle ijälle/ ja oli elänyt miehens cansa seidzemen ajastaica hänen Neidzydestäns.

     And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

Declension

Inflection of Hanna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Hanna	Hannat
genitive		Hannan	Hannojen
partitive		Hannaa	Hannoja
illative		Hannaan	Hannoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Hanna	Hannat
accusative	nom.	Hanna	Hannat
	gen.	Hannan
genitive		Hannan	Hannojen Hannainrare
partitive		Hannaa	Hannoja
inessive		Hannassa	Hannoissa
elative		Hannasta	Hannoista
illative		Hannaan	Hannoihin
adessive		Hannalla	Hannoilla
ablative		Hannalta	Hannoilta
allative		Hannalle	Hannoille
essive		Hannana	Hannoina
translative		Hannaksi	Hannoiksi
instructive		—	Hannoin
abessive		Hannatta	Hannoitta
comitative		—	Hannoineen

Possessive forms of Hanna (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Hannani	Hannamme
2nd person	Hannasi	Hannanne
3rd person	Hannansa

Related terms

• Anna and its variants
• Johanna and its variants

Anagrams

• hanan, nahan

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German

Alternative forms

• Hannah

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhana]

• Audio (Austria)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Han‧na

Proper noun

Hanna

1. Hannah (biblical character)
2. Anna (biblical prophetess)
3. a diminutive of the female given name Johanna, equivalent to English Hannah; variant form Hannah

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Hungarian

Etymology

Aphetic form of Johanna. Alternatively, from Hebrew חַנָּה‎, compare English Hannah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒnːɒ]
• Hyphenation: Han‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

Proper noun

Hanna

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Hannah

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Hanna	Hannák
accusative	Hannát	Hannákat
dative	Hannának	Hannáknak
instrumental	Hannával	Hannákkal
causal-final	Hannáért	Hannákért
translative	Hannává	Hannákká
terminative	Hannáig	Hannákig
essive-formal	Hannaként	Hannákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Hannában	Hannákban
superessive	Hannán	Hannákon
adessive	Hannánál	Hannáknál
illative	Hannába	Hannákba
sublative	Hannára	Hannákra
allative	Hannához	Hannákhoz
elative	Hannából	Hannákból
delative	Hannáról	Hannákról
ablative	Hannától	Hannáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Hannáé	Hannáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Hannáéi	Hannákéi

Possessive forms of Hanna
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Hannám	Hannáim
2nd person sing.	Hannád	Hannáid
3rd person sing.	Hannája	Hannái
1st person plural	Hannánk	Hannáink
2nd person plural	Hannátok	Hannáitok
3rd person plural	Hannájuk	Hannáik

Derived terms

• Hannácska (diminutive)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhanːa/

  Rhymes: -anːa

  Homophones: hanna

Proper noun

Hanna f (genitive Hönnu)

1. a female given name; Hannah

Declension

declension of Hanna

f-w1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Hanna
accusative	Hönnu
dative	Hönnu
genitive	Hönnu

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Hanna

1. Hannah (biblical character)
2. a diminutive of the female given name Johanna, equivalent to English Hannah (and sometimes spelled thus)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxan.na/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anna
• Syllabification: Han‧na

Proper noun

Hanna f (diminutive Hanka or Hania)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Hannah

Declension

Declension of Hanna

	singular	plural
nominative	Hanna	Hanny
genitive	Hanny	Hann
dative	Hannie	Hannom
accusative	Hannę	Hanny
instrumental	Hanną	Hannami
locative	Hannie	Hannach
vocative	Hanno	Hanny

Further reading

• Hanna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Hannah

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Hannah, from Hebrew חַנָּה‎ (ḥannâ). Doublet of Ana and Ane.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.nɐ/ [ˈhɐ̃.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.nɐ/ [ˈhɐ̃.nɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.nɐ/ [ˈχɐ̃.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ.na/ [ˈhɐ.na]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.nɐ/

Proper noun

Hanna f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Hannah

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• (as a given name of biblical origin) Hannah

Etymology

As a given name, often shortened from Johanna, also derived from the biblical character(s). First recorded in Sweden in 1583.

Proper noun

Hanna c (genitive Hannas)

1. Hannah (biblical character)
2. Anna (biblical prophetess)
3. a female given name

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 48 279 females with the given name Hanna (compared to 4 631 named Hannah) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.