Hannah

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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)." or "gracious". 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. Hannah is also a surname; see Hannah (surname). Ann (and Anne, Anna etc) are derived from Hannah. The Punic name Hannibal derives, it is supposed, from the same root.

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 Duston (1657 - c. 1736) Indian figher.
• 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 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
• Hannah (singer), Australian pop singer

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
• Hannah 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

See also

* Hana