Hannah
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhænə/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ænə
Etymology 1
- From Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ), meaning “favour”, “grace”, or “graced with child”. Doublet of Anna.
- (Wren serving with Royal Marines): After Hannah Snell (1723–1792), who disguised herself as a man and became a soldier.
Alternative forms
- Hanna
Proper noun
Hannah (countable and uncountable, plural Hannahs)
- Mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Samuel 1:8:
- 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?
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- A female given name from Hebrew.
- 1959 Philip Roth, Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories, Houghton Mifflin 1959, page 116
- "What about Hannah Schreiber?"
- He smiled, flashing some gold in his mouth. "How do you like that name? She was only a girl, but she had an old lady's name. - - -
- 2002, Kate Atkinson, Not the End of the World, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 33:
- She could buy pretty clothes for a girl and plait her hair with ribbons. And she could call her a nice, old-fashioned, middle-class name like Sarah or Emma or Hannah.
- 2012, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Phoenix, published 2013, →ISBN, page 77:
- I wish it were like the movies, the name something silly, CanDee or Bambie, something you could roll your eyes at. Misti with two hearts over the I's. But it's Hannah, which is a real woman, presumably like me.
- 1959 Philip Roth, Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories, Houghton Mifflin 1959, page 116
- A place name in the United States, which could be from the given name or surname:
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Douglas County, Georgia.
- A small town in Mayfield Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
- A minor city in Cavalier County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Florence County, South Carolina.
- A hamlet in Hannah cum Hagnaby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5079).
Related terms
- Anna, Ann
Translations
mother of Samuel
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female given name
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Noun
Hannah (plural Hannahs)
- A Wren serving with the Royal Marines.
Proper noun
Hannah
- An Irish and Scottish surname, a variant of Hanna.
Danish
Etymology
From English Hannah, used as a modern spelling variant of the biblical Danish Hanna.
Proper noun
Hannah
- a female given name
References
- Danskernes Navne: ca. 1675 females with the given name Hannah, compared to ca. 2912 named Hanna, have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005. Accessed on March 20th, 2011.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɑ.naː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Han‧nah
Proper noun
Hannah f
- Alternative spelling of Hanna.
German
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Proper noun
Hannah
- a female given name from Biblical Hebrew, variant of Hanna
Norwegian
Etymology
From English Hannah, used as a modern spelling variant of the biblical Norwegian Hanna.
Proper noun
Hannah
- a female given name
References
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 2668 females with the given name Hannah, compared to 6014 named Hanna, alive in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on March 29th 2011.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Hannah f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Hannah, Alternative form of Hanna
Swedish
Etymology
From English Hannah, used as a modern spelling variant of the biblical Swedish Hanna.
Proper noun
Hannah c (genitive Hannahs)
- a female given name
References
- Statistiska centralbyrån: 4631 females with the given name Hannah, compared to 48 279 named Hanna, alive in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on March 29th, 2011.
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English Hannah.
Proper noun
Hannah
- a female given name from English