Hannah (given name)

Gender	Female
Word/name	Hebrew
Related names	Hanna, Hana, Anna, Ana, Ann, Anne,

Hannah, also spelled Hanna, Hana, or Chana, is a given name. In the Hebrew language, the root of Ḥannah (חַנָּה) means 'favour'; A Dictionary of First Names attributes the name to a word meaning 'He (God) has favoured me [with a child]'.

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.Ann, Anne, Anna, and variants derive from Hannah. The Punic name Hannibal derives, it is supposed, from the same root.Hannah is a palindrome.

In the Books of Samuel, Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel. Hannah was infertile, so at temple she prayed that if God gave her a son, she would give him up to become a priest. After many years of praying she was blessed with a son, and named him Samuel. When the child was weaned (around 3 years old), Hannah gave him to Eli to be raised as a priest. She went on to have 5 more children. Hannah is also sometimes given as the name of the Woman with seven sons described in 2 Maccabees.

In 2014, the Social Security Administration ranked Hannah the 23rd most popular name for girls in the United States.http://baby-names.familyeducation.com/name-meaning/hannah

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