Given name
Hannalee
Hannalee is a variant of Hannah. Hannah’s Hebrew sense expresses being favoured by God, particularly the blessing of a child in its biblical context.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hannalee is a variant of Hannah. Hannah’s Hebrew sense expresses being favoured by God, particularly the blessing of a child in its biblical context.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hannalee is a variant of Hannah. Hannah reflects the Hebrew name Hanna and has a long history in Jewish naming traditions.
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How it developed
Hannalee is a variant of Hannah. The shared background comes through Hannah: Hannah preserves the Hebrew biblical form Hanna, whose meaning expresses favour from God.
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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. Hannalee is a variant of Hannah. The history of Hannah gives this family its wider story. In the biblical narrative, Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel. English Puritans adopted this form in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, alongside its continuing use as a Jewish name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Hannalee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 0 boys · 81 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −80%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 2018.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hannalee’s family of names
Hannalee has a related form in Hannah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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