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Revision as of 00:44, 21 April 2009 by 118.67.36.24 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)the name hannah means "Grace" Hannah is a personal name, also spelt Hanna, Hana, or Chana, deriving from the Hebrew language חַנָּה (Channah), meaning "He (God) has favoured me/favours me (i.e. with a child)." The name is biblical as it is the name of the mother of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1:2), and their associated story is how the name gets its meaning. The 'Hannah' spelling of the name was taken up as a given name by the Puritans in the 16th and 17th centuries and has always been a common Jewish name. Hanna is also a surname; see Hannah (surname). Ann (and Anne, Anna etc) are derived from Hannah.
With the given name Hannah:
- Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), German philosopher
- Hannah Ayscough (1623–1679), mother of Sir Isaac Newton
- Hannah Callowhill Penn (1671–1727), second wife of William Penn
- Hannah Chaplin (1865–1928), mother of Charlie Chaplin
- Hannah Cornett (born 1980), American model and actress
- Hannah Cowley (1743–1809), American dramatist and poet
- Hannah Dakota Fanning American actress, better known as Dakota Fanning
- Hannah Glasse (1708–1770), English cookbook writer
- Hannah Gordon (born 1941), Scottish actress
- Hannah Harper (born 1982), English pornographic actress
- Hannah Hauxwell (born 1926), Yorkshire Dales farmer
- Hannah Höch (1889–1978), German Dada artist
- Hannah Ild (born 1981), Estonian singer
- Hannah More(1745–1833), English religious writer and philanthropist
- Hannah Montana Fictional character created by Disney
- Hannah Peckham (born 1980), British game show host
- Hannah Pingree, majority leader from Maine in the United States House of Representatives
- Hannah Pritchard (1711–1768), English actress
- Hannah Robinson, British songwriter
- Hannah Spearritt (born 1981) English singer and actress
- Hannah Stockbauer (born 1982), German swimmer
- Hannah Storm (born 1962), American co-host of The Early Show
- Hannah Sung, former MuchMusic VJ
- Hannah Szenes (1921–1944), Hungarian Jew arrested during the Second World War
- Hannah Taylor-Gordon (born 1987) English actress, Anne Frank: The Whole Story
- Hannah Teter (born 1987), American snowboarder
- Hannah Tointon (born 1987), British actress who plays Katy Fox in Hollyoaks
- Hannah Van Buren (1783–1819), wife of the 8th president of the United States, Martin Van Buren
- Hannah Webster Foster (1758–1840), American novelist
- Hannah Weiner (1928–1997), American poet
- Hannah Whitall Smith (1832–1911), American lay speaker and author during the Holiness movement
- Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), American painter, sculptor and photographer
- Hannah Wood (born 1983), American poet and actress, sister of Elijah Wood
With the given name Hanna:
- Hanna Fahl (born 1978), Swedish music journalist and translator
- Hanna Holborn Gray (born 1930), American historian and professor
- Hanna Jaltner (born 1976), Swedish breaststroke swimmer
- Hanna Karasiova (born 1978), Belarusian archer
- Hanna Ljungberg (born 1979), Swedish soccer player
- Hanna Newcombe (born 1922), Canadian peace activist
- Hanna Pakarinen (born 1981), Finnish pop singer
- Hanna Pérez Mosa (born 1985), Mexican-American singer of the duo Ha*Ash
- Hanna Reitsch (1912–1979), German test pilot
- Hanna Rovina, Israeli actress
- Hanna Schygulla (born 1948), German actress and singer
- Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington (1877–1946), Irish feminist, wife of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
- Hanna Suchocka (born 1946), Prime Minister of Poland from 1992 - 1993
- Hanna Styrell (1842-1904), Swedish actress
With the given name Chana:
- Chana Orloff (1888–1968), Ukraine-born sculptor
Fictional characters:
- Hannah Abbott, character in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
- Hannah Ashworth, character portrayed by Emma Rigby on the English soap opera Hollyoaks
- Hannah Martin, character portrayed by Rebecca Ritters on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Hannah Montana, alter ego of Miley Cyrus' character in the television show of the same name
Biblical characters:
- Hannah, a character from the Books of Samuel
- Saint Anne or Hannah, the mother of Mary, mother of Jesus