Hana means happiness. See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it is in the Quran and names like it.
Girl name · Arabic
هَنَاء
Hana
Happiness
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Meaning
Hana (هَنَاء) is an Arabic name for girls. It means happiness.
In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Hana comes from the root ه ن أ, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.
The same root is in 52:19: "eat and drink in satisfaction".
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Kuloo washraboo haneee 'am bimaa kuntum ta'maloon
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
Quran 52:19. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Say it ha-NAA. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Hanaa and Hanna. In Arabic it is written with 4 letters, from right to left: ه ha + ن nun + ا alif + ء hamza.
Hana is a name with a good meaning, which is what the Sunnah asks for. The Prophet ﷺ said: "The most beloved of your names to Allah are Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman",3 and after these, any name with a good meaning is a sound choice. With the father's name it becomes Hana bint (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
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Questions
Hana (هَنَاء) means happiness. It is an Arabic name for girls.
The same root is in 52:19: "eat and drink in satisfaction".
Hana is used as a girl's name.
Hana is written هَنَاء in Arabic, said ha-NAA.
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, هَنَاء. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.