Hana (name)
Hana | |
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Gender | Female |
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Meaning |
the grace of God (Jewish) happiness (Arabic) flower (Japanese) one (Korean) to glow (Maori) |
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Related names | Hannah |
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Hana as a given name may have any of several origins. It is a variant transliteration of Hannah, which is the Jewish and French and Christian form, meaning Grace in Hebrew associated with God, as well as 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, 華). 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.[1]
People
- Czech
- Hana Mandlíková (born 1962), Czech professional tennis player
- Hana Černá (born 1974), Czech freestyle and medley swimmer
- Hana Soukupová (born 1985), Czech supermodel
- 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
- 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
- Swedish
- Hanna Hedlund (born 1975), Swedish singer
Characters
- Hana Asakura, the son of Anna Kyoyama and Yoh Asakura in Funbari no Uta
- Hana Gitelman, a character on the television series Heroes
- Hana Inuzuka, the elder sister of the character Kiba Inuzuka in the Naruto manga
- Hana Makihatayama, (Hana-chan) a character in the anime Ojamajo Doremi
- Hana Stoppable, Ron's adopted baby sister on the Disney Channel animated series Kim Possible
- Hana Yamaguchi, a character in Guru Guru Pon-chan
- Hanatarou Yamada, a character in the Bleach manga
- Saki Hanajima (Hana-chan), a character in the manga and anime Fruits Basket
- Hana Anafeloz, a demon in the anime Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji)
- Hana, a character in the manga and anime series Peacemaker Kurogane
- Hana, a nurse in the novel and film The English Patient
- Hana Isuzu, a character in the manga and anime series Girls und Panzer
- Jung Hana, a character in the Korean drama Love Rain
- Hana, a character in the anime movie "Wolf Children" is the mother of Ame and Yuki. She is named Hana after a flower that would always "smile" in hopes that when times grew tough she would remember to always smile like the Cosmos flower.
- Hana N. Fountainstand, a character in Hanayamata
- Hana, the wife of Sadao in Pearl Buck's short story "The Enemy"
See also
References
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