Given name
Hananiah
“Yah has been gracious”
Hananiah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewחנניה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Hananiah means “Yah has been gracious.”
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Where it comes from
Hananiah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb hanan (חנן), “to be gracious.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Hananiah appears in 1 Chronicles 3:19, 1 Chronicles 25:23, Nehemiah 7:2 and 1 other passage.
- 1 Chronicles 3:19
- 1 Chronicles 25:23
- Nehemiah 7:2
- Daniel 1:7
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Hananiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 189
- 82 boys · 107 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #6,939 for boys · #13,809 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,939 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 6 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 180 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hananiah’s family of names
Hananiah has a related form in Hanan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 21
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Hananiah
- Anania ShirakatsiArmenian scientist610–685
- Ananias of Damascusone of the Seventy Disciples of Jesus100–60
- Ananias son of Nedebeus1st century AD High Priest of Israel50–50
- Chananya Yom Tov Lipa TeitelbaumHasidic rabbi (1836-1904)
- Haninah ben Ahi R. Joshua2nd century Jewish Tanna sage
- Hanania BaerIsraeli cinematographerborn 1943
- Hananiah ben Hezekiah ben Garon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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