Given name & surname
Hanka
“God is gracious”·“a woman graced with God's favor”
In Polish use, Hanka is a diminutive of Hanna. In Arabic use, Hanna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Hanka is a diminutive of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Polish use, Hanka is a diminutive of Hanna. In Arabic use, Hanna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Hanka is a diminutive of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hanka is a diminutive of Hana. Hana comes from Hebrew.
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How it developed
In Old Czech usage, Hanka is a diminutive of Anna. In Polish usage, Hanka is a diminutive of Hanna.
Hanka’s family of names
In Old Czech usage, Hanka is a diminutive of Anna. In Czech usage, Hanka has a conventional equivalent in the French form Annette. Hanka has a conventional equivalent in the German form Anna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hanka has relatives in 6 languages.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hanka
- Hanka KupfernagelGerman cyclistborn 1974
- Hanka BielickaPolish actress (1915-2006)
- Hanka PaldumBosnian-and-Herzegovinian singerborn 1956
- Hanka OrdonównaPolish actress, singer and dancer (1902–1950)
- Hanka DuranteGerman volleyball playerborn 1976
- Hanka KrawcecSorbian artist (1901-1990)
- Hanka GSlovak jazz musicianborn 1980
- Hanka KlieseGerman politicianborn 1980
- Hanka GrothendieckGerman actress1900–1957
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