Hana (name)

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Gender Female		Related names Hannah
Meaning the grace of God (Jewish)moon (Albanian)happiness (Arabic)flower (Japanese)one (Korean)to glow (Maori)

Hana as a given name may have any of several origins. It can be a variant transliteration of Hannah, which is the Jewish and French and Christian form, meaning "grace" in Hebrew associated with God. It is also a Kurdish name meaning hope (هانا), a Persian name meaning flower (حَنا), and an Arabic name meaning happiness (هَنا). As a Japanese name, it usually translates as flower (花). In Korean, it means the number one (하나). In Albanian, "Hana" means "moon". In Hawaiian, "Hana" means "craft" or "work" . In Maori, "Hana" means to shine, glow, give out heat, radiate.

Czech and Slovak

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 (born 1929), Czech gymnast

Hana Hegerová (born 1931), Slovak singer

Hana Janků (1940–1995), Czech opera singer

Hana Růžičková (1941–1981), Czech gymnast

Hana Librová (born 1943), Czech biologist

Hana Shezifi (born 1943), Israeli Olympic runner

Hana Orgoníková (1945–2014), Czech politician

Hana Mičechová (born 1946), Czech gymnast

Hana Zagorová (born 1946), 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

Hana Usui (笛吹花, born 1974), Japanese artist

Hana Sugisaki (杉咲花, born 1997), Japanese actress

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

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 Secret

Jang Ha-na (born 1992), South Korean golfer

Hana Mae Lee (fl. 2000s), American actress of Korean descent

Shin Bora (born 1993), Stage name Hana, member of Gugudan

Arab

Hana Sweid (born 1955), Israeli Arab politician

Hana Mahmed (born 1978), Indian Arab poet Fazzizi

Hana Majaj (born 1982), Jordanian swimmer

Hana Shalabi (born 1982), Palestinian prisoner in Israel

Hana Sheha (born 1985), Egyptian actress

Hana Mareghni (born 1989), Tunisian judo practitioner

Hana Elhebshi, Libyan activist

Hana Hajjar, Saudi cartoonist

Other

Hana Cakuli (born 1989), Albanian singer

Hana Catherine Mullens (1826–1861), Swiss writer born in India who wrote one of the earliest Bengali novels

Hana Meisel (1883–1972), Israeli agronomist

Hana Wirth-Nesher (born 1948), Israeli literary scholar

Hana Čutura (born 1988), Croatian volleyball player

Hana Hatae (born 1988), American child actress

Hana Makhmalbaf (born 1988), Iranian filmmaker

Hana Cakuli (born 1989), Albanian singer from Montenegro

Hana Pestle (born 1989), American singer

Hana Beaman, American snowboarder

Hana Shezifi (born 1943), Israeli Olympic runner

Characters

Works from Japan

Hana Asakura, the son of Anna Kyoyama and Yoh Asakura in Japanese manga series Shaman King

Hana Inuzuka, the elder sister of the character Kiba Inuzuka in Japanese manga series Naruto

Hana Makihatayama, (Hana-chan) a character in Japanese anime Ojamajo Doremi

Hana Yamaguchi, a character in Japanese manga series Guru Guru Pon-chan

Hanatarou Yamada, a character in Japanese manga series Bleach

Saki Hanajima (Hana-chan), a character in Japanese manga and anime Fruits Basket

Hana, a character in Japanese manga and anime series Peacemaker Kurogane

Hana, a nurse in Japanese novel and film The English Patient

Hana Isuzu, a character in Japanese manga and anime series Girls und Panzer

Hana, a character in Japanese anime movie Wolf Children

Hana N. Fountainstand, a character in Japanese manga series Hanayamata

Works from elsewhere

Hana, the wife of Sadao in Pearl Buck's short story "The Enemy"

Hana Stoppable, Ron's adopted baby sister in the 2002–2007 Disney Channel animated series Kim Possible

Hana Gitelman, a character in 2006–2010 American graphics novel series Heroes

Hana Tsu-Vachel, player character first introduced in 2009 in American video game series Fear Effect

Jung Hana, a character in 2012 South Korean drama Love Rain

D.Va, real name Hana Song, a South Korean character in 2016 American video game Overwatch

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