Given name & surname
Channa
“having favor and grace”
Channa is a variant of Chana. In Hebrew use, Chana carries the interpretation “having favor and grace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Channa is a variant of Chana. In Hebrew use, Chana carries the interpretation “having favor and grace.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Channa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 878
- 5 boys · 873 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,108 as a first name in 2020; 193 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Channa’s family of names
Channa has a related form in Chana. In Greek usage, Channa is a transliteration of Χάννα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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