Given name & surname · also Japanese
Hana
“resembling a flower blossom”·“a blissful woman”
Hana is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “resembling a flower blossom” and “a blissful woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Original Japanese早愛
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “resembling a flower blossom” and “a blissful woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Japanese and Arabic naming traditions.
How it developed
In Czech use, Hana is used as a shortened form of Johana.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Czech use, Hana shares an earlier linguistic root with Jane. The history of Jane gives this family its wider story. Lady Jane Grey is one of the name’s historical bearers. In fiction, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre gave it a lasting nineteenth-century association; the novel appeared in 1847.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Hana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,018
- 11 boys · 13,007 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 436 babies
- 2025
- 436
- #658 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 436 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 658 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (80). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 15,211 as a first name in 2020; 1,539 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.
Hana’s family of names
Hana is a short form of Johana. Hana shares a linguistic root with Jane. In Czech usage, Hana has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Anna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hana has relatives in 40 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
127 related names in 40 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Hannavariant · Polish, German
- Johanafull form
- Hanidiminutive · Czech, Slovene
- Hanahvariant
- Hanakovariant
- Haninkadiminutive · Czech
- Hankadiminutive · Slovak, zlw-ocs
- Haničkadiminutive · Slovak, Czech
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 124
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- HannahEnglish, German
- Annaalso known as · German, Swedish
- AnnieNorwegian, Dutch
- Janecognate
- AnaSpanish, Slovene
- Anyaequivalent
- AnneFrench, Swedish
- Chanaequivalent
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- AnikaSlovene, Hungarian
- AnnikaIcelandic, Finnish
- AnnNorwegian, Danish
- JanaCzech
- AnitaSpanish, Lithuanian
- AnnetteDutch, French
- Haniaalso known as · Polish, Czech
- AniaPolish, Lithuanian
- AnnyNorwegian
- AniSlovene, Hungarian
- AnjaSlovene, Norwegian
- AnniFinnish, Danish
- AnneliFinnish
- Anetteequivalent
- HanniGerman
- AnuFinnish
- HanneGerman
- Ganaequivalent
- Annettequivalent
- AnkaSlovene, Polish
- AneSlovene, Norwegian
- HanikaSlovene
- AntjeDutch, Low German
- AnnekeDutch, Low German
- AndaHungarian
- AnetaLithuanian
- AnkeLow German
- AnikeLow German
- Anahíequivalent
- АннаUkrainian, Russian
- ГаннаUkrainian, Russian
- Ањаsr-Cyrl
- Анкицаsr-Cyrl
- Анкаsr-Cyrl
- Аницаsr-Cyrl
- Анитаsr-Cyrl
- Анетаsr-Cyrl
- Анаsr-Cyrl, Russian
- AnuškaSlovene
- AnušaSlovene
- AnkicaSlovene
- AnčkaSlovene
- AnčikaSlovene
- AnčicaSlovene
- AnčiSlovene
- HanušaSlovene
- HanicaSlovene
- Hančaalso known as · Slovene, Czech
- HancaSlovene
- ÁnneNorthern Sami
- ÁnnáNorthern Sami
- HennáNorthern Sami
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See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Handulkaalso known as · Czech
- Hanýžkaalso known as · Czech
- Hanyškaalso known as · Czech
- Hanyšaalso known as · Czech
- Hanynkaalso known as · Czech
- Aničkaalso known as · Czech
- Haninaalso known as · Czech
- Hančíalso known as · Czech
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People named Hana
- Hana MandlíkováCzech tennis playerborn 1962
- Hana TakahashiJapanese association football playerborn 2000
- Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-ClarkeNew Zealand politicianborn 2002
- Hana Mae LeeAmerican actressborn 1988
- Hana KimuraJapanese professional wrestler (1997–2020)
- Hana LaszloIsraeli actress and comedianborn 1953
- Hana HegerováCzech actress, singer and chansonier (1931–2021)
- Hana BradyCzech Holocaust victim1931–1944
- Hana MaškováCzech figure skater (1949-1972)
Characters named Hana: D.Va (the 2016 video game Overwatch).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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