Given name
Hania
“a spirit warrior”
Hania is used as a given name. One Native American interpretation is “a spirit warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “a spirit warrior.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hania through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 975
- 0 boys · 975 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 84 babies
- 2025
- 83
- #2,222 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +48%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 83 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,222 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 48.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (17). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 997 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.
Hania’s family of names
In Polish usage, Hania is a diminutive of Hanna. Hania developed from Hannah. In Polish usage, Hania has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Hana.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hania
- Hania AamirPakistani actressborn 1997
- Hania RaniPolish pianist, composer and singerborn 1990
- Hania MoroEgyptian swimmerborn 1996
- Hania AidiTunisian para athletics competitorborn 1977
- Hania Morsi FadlSudanese doctor of medicineborn 1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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