Hana
Featured in baby name books
Hana is Japanese for “flower” or “flower blossom,” with Hanako as a related form. Hana is also an Arabic name meaning “happy” or “blissful.” One book traces Hana to Hebrew with the meaning “full of grace.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
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Usage of Hana in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Hana against each list of names.
Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Hana is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Hana in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 436 girls were named Hana, making it the #657 girls' name in the US. Since 1912, 13,007 girls have been named Hana, with the most (436) in 2025. It is most common, relative to births, in Washington, Connecticut and New York.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Hana in other languages
- Anna Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Swedish
- Hanna Arabic, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Latvian, Polish, Swedish
- Ana Dutch, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish
- Hannah Dutch, English, Hebrew
- Анна Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
- Anja Dutch, Slovenian
- Ann English, Swedish
Hana name days
- August 15 Czech Republic
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Hana
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Hana, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical storm Hana | 1982 | Eastern Pacific | 74 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Hana
There are 34 towns and villages with Hana in their name, in 20 countries.
🇮🇷 Iran 6🇪🇹 Ethiopia 4🇾🇪 Yemen 4🇵🇫 French Polynesia 3🇸🇩 Sudan 2🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 1🇨🇳 China 1🇨🇴 Colombia 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hana | Bas-Sassandra District, 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | 4,870 | Map |
| Hana | Hawaii, 🇺🇸 United States | 1,235 | Map |
| Abū Ḩanā | Fars, 🇮🇷 Iran | – | Map |
| Hana | Gansu, 🇨🇳 China | – | Map |
| Hana | Addis Ababa, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | – | Map |
| Hana | Rogaland, 🇳🇴 Norway | – | Map |
| Hana Teio | Marquesas Islands, 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | – | Map |
| Hana ’Azraq | 🇸🇩 Sudan | – | Map |
| Hana-kiou | Zinder Region, 🇳🇪 Niger | – | Map |
| Hana-ri | Jeollanam-do, 🇰🇷 South Korea | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Hana
There are 1 lakes and reservoirs with Hana in their name.
| Name | Where | |
|---|---|---|
| Hana Dam | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Hana songs
77 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Hana in their title. The best known:
- Time after time ~Hana mau machi de~ – Mai Kuraki (2003)
- Yuki no Hana – Mika Nakashima (2003)
- Ichirin no Hana – High and Mighty Color (2006)
- Kimi to Iu Hana – Asian Kung-Fu Generation (2003)
- No ni Saku Hana no Yō ni – GACKT (2007)
- Hana o Pūn/Futari wa NS – Kira Pika (2007)
- Hirihiri no Hana – Not Yet (2013)
- Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana – SMAP (2003)
- Tinsagu nu Hana
- Hana -Mémento-Mori- – Mr. Children (1996)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Hana
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Hana.
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Fictional characters named Hana
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Hana as a pet name
FurryName has found 84 dogs named Hana in public pet registers, making it the #1,461 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Nariño (municipality) (1), Tacoma (1), Burnside (1). Hana as a dog name →
FurryName has found 8 cats named Hana in public pet registers, making it the #1,438 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Seattle (6), Surf Coast Shire (1), Toronto (1). Hana as a cat name →
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