Entry № 4033 · Japanese origin

Hana Hana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HAH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Flower; happiness; grace"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "flower; happiness; grace".

Hana is one of the most multilingual girl names in use.

Four origins, four meanings, all gentle and bright. Hana has been used in each of these traditions for centuries. Its rising use in the West is a recent phenomenon, helped by its short, internationally pronounceable form and its appearance in popular media (Hana Yori Dango, Hana Kimura).

Flower; happiness; grace — a Japanese name.

The name in its native script.

花 · هناء · Hana
Transliteration
Hana
Pronunciation
/ ˈhɑː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hana stands.

Hana does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Hanas before her.

Real people
Hana Mandlíková
Czech-Australian tennis player. Four-time Grand Slam champion.
born 1962
Hana Kimura
Japanese professional wrestler.
1997 – 2020
In fiction
Hana
Title character of the Japanese animated film Wolf Children.
2012 film

Names connected to Hana.

The number behind Hana.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hana reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.