Hana - Meaning of Hana

What does Hana mean?

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[ 2 syll. ha-na, han-a ] The baby girl name Hana is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced HHAANaa- †.

1: Hana is of Japanese origin. It is used mainly in Arabic, English, and Japanese. The name Hana means 'flower, blossom'.

Forms of Hana include the African, Arabic, and Swahili Hanaa, the Japanese Hanae, the name Hanah, the Japanese Hanako, the name Hanan, the name Haneen, the name Hanicka, and the name Hanka.

2: Hana is of Native American-Arapaho origin. The meaning here is 'sky, black cloud'.

3: Hana is of Arabic origin and it is also used mainly in Arabic. Meaning: 'enjoyment'.

In addition, Hana is a Czech, English, Polish, Slavic, and Yiddish form of Anna.

Hana is also a Czech form of the English Jane.

Hana is also a diminutive of the Czech Johana.

See also the related form, the English, French, German, Hebrew, and Yiddish Hannah.

See also the related categories, sky, english, cloud (dew), japanese, arapaho, flower, american, and arabic.

Hana is somewhat popular as a baby girl name. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only very light use. Its usage peaked modestly in 2018 with 0.021% of baby girls being named Hana. It was #727 in rank then. Among the family of girl names directly related to Hana, Hannah was the most popular in 2018. It was 15 times more frequently used than Hana in that year.

Baby names that sound like Hana include Hanaa, Hanna, Hannah, Chana, Chanah, Channah, Haimee, Haimey, Haimie, Hajna, Hama, Hanh, Hani, Hania, Hanin, Hanni, Hannie, Hanny, Hayam, and Haymee.

† English pronunciation for Hana: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"