Hana 한아

Hana is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 한아. Like most Korean names it can also be written in hanja, and the characters chosen decide what it means — the same sound can be written 1,344 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Hana, Han-a. They are all 한아.

Five Elements (Ohaeng)

In Korean naming tradition each syllable carries an element, decided by the consonant it starts with. This is what a name sounds like in terms of energy.

  • 한 (starts with ㅎ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together
  • 아 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Hana

These are hanja characters legally registrable for each syllable, with their dictionary meanings. A parent picks one character per syllable, and that combination becomes the written meaning of the name.

한32 characters can be used

  • 漢Han river, Han dynasty한수 한/한나라 한
  • 韓Korea, nation한국 한/나라 한
  • 限limit한할 한
  • 寒cold찰 한
  • 閑leisurely, block한가할 한/막을 한
  • 恨limit한할 한
  • 翰feather, writing brush깃 한
  • 汗sweat땀 한

아42 characters can be used

  • 我I, me나 아
  • 雅clear, correct맑을 아/바를 아
  • 娥pretty예쁠 아
  • 兒child아이 아
  • 亞second, next버금 아
  • 阿hill언덕 아
  • 妸beautiful아름다울 아
  • 牙molar, government office어금니 아/관아 아

Names sharing a syllable

Hana belongs to someone else. Yours is drawn from your own birth chart — the four pillars of your birth date and hour decide which elements your name should carry.

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