Given name & surname
Hani
“filled with joy”
Hani is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “filled with joy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “filled with joy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hani through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 946
- 732 boys · 214 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 55 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #7,258 for girls · #6,940 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +26%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,258 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 46.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 12 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,054 as a first name in 2020; 346 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.
Hani’s family of names
In Czech usage, Hani is a diminutive of Hana. In English usage, Hani has a related form in Hany. In Slovenian usage, Hani has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Hana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hani
- Hani HanjourSaudi Arabian hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 771972–2001
- Hani MulkiJordanian politicianborn 1951
- Hani Al-DhabitOmani footballerborn 1979
- Hany ShakerEgyptian singer1952–2026
- Hany SaidEgyptian association football playerborn 1980
- Hani FurstenbergIsraeli actress and singerborn 1979
- Hany AdelEgyptian guitarist, vocalist and screen actorborn 1976
- Hani ShukrallahEgyptian journalist1950–2019
- Hani Al TaiarSyrian footballerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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