Hanna is the spelling of Hannah used across Scandinavia, Germany, Poland and the Arab world; the Hebrew original, Channah, means "grace" or "favor", and in the Bible Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel. The single-h form reads like a palindrome's slimmer cousin and is common among immigrant families. Hanna was number 171 in 2000 and has settled in the 500s for the past decade, ranking number 512 in 2025.