Hanna (Arabic name)

Hanna or Hana is an Arabic name (حنّا), common particularly among Arab Christians in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt, deriving from the Syriac/Aramaic name for the Apostle John. In turn, the Syriac name is borrowed from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yoḥānān) meaning God is gracious.

Notable people with the name include:

Hanna

 * Hanna Abu-Hanna (1928–2022), Palestinian poet, writer and researcher
 * Hanna Mikhail, Palestinian scholar and Fatah member
 * Hanna Nasser (1936–2015), Palestinian politician
 * Hanna Nasser (academic), Palestinian academic and political figure
 * Hanna Siniora (born 1937), Palestinian publisher and politician

Hana

 * Hana Elhebshi, Libyan activist
 * Hana Hajjar, Saudi cartoonist
 * Hana Majaj (born 1982), Jordanian swimmer
 * Hana Mareghni (born 1989), Tunisian judo practitioner
 * Hana Nasser (born 1991), Israeli football player
 * Hana Shiha (born 1985), Egyptian actress
 * Hana Sweid (born 1955), Israeli Arab politician

Middle name

 * Stephan Hanna Stephan (1894–1949), a Christian Arab Palestinian writer

Surname

 * Jumana Hanna (born c. 1962), member of former prominent Iraqi family
 * Lisa Hanna (born 1975), Jamaican politician and beauty queen, winner of the Miss World title in 1993
 * Mil Hanna (born 1966), Lebanese-born Australian rules footballer
 * Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia (born 1965), Palestinian Archbishop