Hana (name) explained
| Hana |
| Pronunciation: | hah-nah (Japanese) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Meaning: | the grace of God (Hebrew)
moon (Albanian)
happiness (Arabic)
flower (Japanese)
one (Korean)
to glow (Maori)
help(Kurdish) |
| Related Names: | Hannah
Mana |
Hana as a given name may have any of several origins. It is also a version of a Hebrew name from the root ḥ-n-n meaning "favour" or "grace", a Kurdish name meaning hope (Kurdish: هانا), a Persian name meaning flower (حَنا) and an Arabic name meaning "bliss" (Arabic: هَناء). As a Japanese name, it is usually translated as flower (Japanese: 花). In Korean, it means the number one (Korean: 하나). In Hawaiian, "Hana" means "craft" or "work". In Maori, "Hana" means to shine, glow, give out love or radiance. In Albanian, "Hana" means the moon.[1]
People
Czech and Slovak
- Hana Burzalová (born 2000), Slovak racewalker
- Hana Dostalová (1890–1981), Czech painter
- Hana Vítová (1914–1987), Czechoslovak film actress
- Hana Zelinová (1914–2004), Slovak writer
- Hana Maria Pravda (née Becková ; 1916–2008), Czechoslovakian-born British actress
- Hana Ponická (1922–2007), Slovak writer and dissident
- Hana Greenfield (née Lustigová; 1926–2014), Czechoslovak concentration camp survivor, later a writer in Israel
- Hana Bobková (1929–2017), Czech gymnast
- Hana Brady (1931–1944), Czechoslovak Jewish girl killed in the Holocaust
- Hana Hegerová (1931–2021), Slovak singer
- Hana Janků (1940–1995), Czech opera singer
- Hana Růžičková (1941–1981), Czech gymnast
- Hana Librová (born 1943), Czech biologist
- Hana Shezifi (born 1944), Israeli Olympic runner
- Hana Orgoníková (1945–2014), Czech politician
- Hana Mičechová (1946–2020), Czech gymnast
- Hana Zagorová (1946-2022), Czech singer
- Hana Mašková (1949–1972), Czech figure skater
- Hana Lišková (born 1952), Czech gymnast
- Hana Knapová (born 1956), Czechoslovak figure skater
- Hana Mandlíková (born 1962), Czech professional tennis player
- Hana Vejvodová (1963–1994), Czech pianist
- Hana Jonášová (born 1966), Czech opera singer
- Hana Andronikova (1967–2011), Czech writer
- Hana Říčná (born 1968), Czechoslovak gymnast
- Hana Černá (born 1974), Czech freestyle and medley swimmer
- Hana Benešová (born 1975), Czech sprinter
- Hana Šromová (born 1978), Czech tennis player
- Hana Vymazalová (born 1978), Czech Egyptologist
- Hana Horáková (born 1979), Czech basketball player
- Hana Blažíková (born 1980), Czech soprano and harpist
- Hana Klapalová (born 1982), Czech beach volleyball player
- Hana Vagnerová (born 1983), Czech stage and television actress
- Hana Bajtošova (born 1984), Czech cyclist
- Hana Martínková (born 1985), Czech handball player
- Hana Soukupová (born 1985), Czech supermodel
- Hana Birnerová (born 1989), Czech tennis player
- Hana Kutlvašrová (born 1989), Czech handball player
- Hana Sloupová (born 1991), Czech football player
- Hana Koudelová, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
Japanese
- , Japanese woman of the late Azuchi-Momoyama through early Edo period
- , Japanese professional wrestler
- Hana Kobayashi (born 1982), Venezuelan-Japanese singer
- , Japanese actress
- , Japanese artist
- , Japanese shogi player
Korean
- Lee Ha-na (born 1982), South Korean actress
- Oh Ha-na (born 1985), South Korean fencer
- Park Ha-na (born 1985), South Korean actress
- Yoo Ha-na (born 1986), South Korean actress
- Hana Mae Lee (born 1988), American actress of Korean descent
- Kim Ha-na (born 1989), South Korean badminton player
- Han Hana (born 1990), South Korean actress
- Jung Hana (born 1990), South Korean rapper, member of girl group Secret
- Jang Ha-na (born 1992), South Korean golfer
Arab
Other
Fictional characters
- Works from Japan
- Hana, a character in the manga series Peacemaker Kurogane
- Hana, a character in the anime film Tokyo Godfathers
- Hana, a character in the anime film Wolf Children
- Hana, the protagonist in the Young Samurai novel The Ring of Water
- Hana, a samurai from Hoshido and a playable unit in Fire Emblem Fates
- Hana Shimano, Shimajirou’s younger sister in the anime series Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirou
- Hana-chan, a character in the anime series Ojamajo Doremi
- Hana Asakura, a character in the manga series Shaman King
- Hana N. Fountainstand, a character in the manga series Hanayamata
- , protagonist of the manga series Slow Start
- Hana Inuzuka, a character in the manga and anime series Naruto, and anime series Naruto Shippuden
- Hana Isuzu, a character in the anime series Girls und Panzer
- Hana Midorikawa, a character in the manga and anime series, Prison School
- , a character in the anime series Hugtto! PreCure
- Saki Hanajima (Hana-chan), a character in the manga and anime series Fruits Basket
- Hana Uzaki, the protagonist of Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!
- Hana Yamaguchi, a character in Japanese manga series Guru Guru Pon-chan
- Works from elsewhere
- Hana, the wife of Sadao in Pearl Buck's short story "The Enemy"
- Hana, a Canadian nurse in the novel and film The English Patient
- Hana Gitelman, a character in 2006–2010 American graphics novel series Heroes
- Hana Stoppable, Ron's adopted baby sister in the 2002–2007 Disney Channel animated series Kim Possible
- Hana the Hanukkah Fairy, a character in the British book series Rainbow Magic
- Jung Hana, a character in 2012 South Korean drama Love Rain
- D.Va, real name Hana Song, a fictional South Korean pro gamer and a player character in the video games Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm
- Hana Tsu-Vachel, player character first introduced in 2009 in American video game series Fear Effect
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: hana - Te Aka Māori Dictionary.
