Given name · Arabic
حنا
“God is gracious”
حنا (ḥannā) is a masculine given name. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Ann.
Meaning & origin
What it means
حنا goes back to a word meaning “God is gracious.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Arabic usage, حنا is a short form of يوحنا.
حنا’s family of names
In Arabic usage, حنا is a short form of يوحنا. In Persian usage, حنا has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ann. In Arabic usage, حنا can be written in the Roman alphabet as ḥannā.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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