Hanna

English

Proper noun

Hanna

1. A female given name, a rare spelling variant of Hannah.
2. A matronymic surname based on Hannah.
3. An Irish surname Anglicised from Irish Ó hAnnaigh.

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Danish

Proper noun

Hanna

1. (biblical) Hannah.
2. A female given name, cognate to Hannah ( and as such, also spelled the English way), and a diminutive of Johanna.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Hanna

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

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈhɑnːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Hyphenation: Han‧na

Proper noun

Hanna

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

Declension

Declension of Hanna (type kala) singular plural nominative Hanna Hannat genitive Hannan Hannojen Hannain1 partitive Hannaa Hannoja accusative Hanna Hannan Hannat 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 1) Rare.

Anagrams

• hanan, nahan

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German

Proper noun

Hanna

1. (biblical) Hannah.
2. (biblical) Anna, the prophetess.
3. A female given name, cognate to Hannah ( and as such, also spelled the English way), and a diminutive of Johanna.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhanːa/

  Rhymes: -anːa

  Homophones: hanna

Proper noun

Hanna f (genitive Hönnu)

1. A female given name; Hannah

Declension

declension of Hanna

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Hanna	Hannan	Hönnur	Hönnurnar
accusative	Hönnu	Hönnuna	Hönnur	Hönnurnar
dative	Hönnu	Hönnunni	Hönnum	Hönnunum
genitive	Hönnu	Hönnunnar	Hanna	Hannanna

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Hanna

1. (biblical) Hannah
2. A female given name, cognate to Hannah ( and as such, today often spelled the English way), and diminutive of Johanna.

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Hanna f

1. A female given name, cognate to 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

Derived terms

• Hania

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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 characters. First recorded in Sweden in 1583.

Proper noun

Hanna

1. (biblical) Hannah
2. (biblical) Anna, the prophetess.
3. A female given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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.