English
Hannah
Hannah comes from Hebrew חַנָּה ‘grace, gracious, graced with child’.
- Hebrew1880s–presentחַנָּהḤannâ‘grace, gracious, graced with child’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611Hannah
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentחַנָּהḤannâ‘grace, gracious, graced with child’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611Hannah
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why…”
The story
As a Wren with the Royal Marines, after Hannah Snell (1723–1792) who disguised herself as a man to serve in the British military.
Every English word from Hebrew חַנָּה
Today it means
name Mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew חַנָּה / Hannah