Hannah in Chinese
How to write Hannah in Chinese, how to say it, and real Chinese names picked for it.
Hannah, written by sound
汉娜
Hànnà
- 汉hàn
- 娜nà
This is how Hannah is written by sound: in the news, on maps and in translated books. Each character is there for its sound, so their meanings don't add up to anything.
But it isn't a Chinese name. Chinese parents choose a name for what it means, like the ones below.
Real Chinese names for Hannah
None of these sounds quite like Hannah, but each one is a real name Chinese parents give, with a meaning of its own. Tap the buttons to hear a character, watch it written, or write it yourself.
Classic name
诗涵Shīhán
poetry, deeply felt
shī
poetry
hán
depth, tolerance
Classic name
艺涵Yìhán
artful and deep
yì
art, skill
hán
depth, tolerance
Classic name
子涵Zǐhán
gentle and broad-minded
zǐ
child; a respectful word for a person
hán
depth, tolerance
Stroke order follows the mainland China standard; a few characters are written differently in Taiwan.
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How Chinese names work
The family name comes first, and it is almost always one character: 王 Wáng, 李 Lǐ, 林 Lín. A few have two, like 欧阳 Ōuyáng.
The given name follows: one or two characters, chosen for what they mean. A virtue, a flower, a wish from the parents.
So with a family name in front, 诗涵 becomes a full name such as 林诗涵 (Lín Shīhán).
About the name Hannah
In the US, Hannah was the 5th most popular girls’ name of the 2000s. In 2025 it is number 56. In England and Wales it was number 6 in 1996 and is number 105 in 2025.
Sources: US Social Security Administration, Office for National Statistics (UK).