Hanna 한나

Hanna name meaning: “Han river + beautiful” (漢娜)

Hanna is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 한나. 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 1,312 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Hanna, Han-na. They are all 한나.

How to pronounce Hanna

한나
Voice:

Say it as hahn-nah (2 syllables). Korean doesn't stress one syllable the way English does, so give each beat roughly the same weight rather than saying HAHN-nah.

The recording is a synthesized standard Seoul voice; the respelling above is an English approximation of it. More on the rules: how to pronounce Korean names. To hear more spoken Korean, try Korean greetings with audio.

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
  • 나 (starts with ㄴ)→Firebrightness, passion, visibility

Hanja used for Hanna

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

나41 characters can be used

  • 娜beautiful아름다울 나
  • 羅net그물 라(나)
  • 那how, what어찌 나
  • 拿grasp, seize잡을 나
  • 奈how, what어찌 나
  • 柰how, what어찌 나
  • 拏hold fast붙잡을 나
  • 蓏fruit열매 라(나)

Hanna name FAQ

What does Hanna mean in Korean?
A popular way to write Hanna (한나) is 漢 (Han river) + 娜 (beautiful), giving the meaning "Han river + beautiful". The meaning depends on the hanja the parents choose — 한나 can be written 1,312 different ways.
Is Hanna a Korean name?
Yes. Hanna is a Korean given name written 한나 in hangul, mostly given to girls.
How do you write Hanna in Korean?
In hangul it is 한나; a common hanja spelling is 漢娜. It is also romanized as Han-na.
What element is the name Hanna?
By its sounds, Hanna carries Earth + Fire in the Five Elements (Ohaeng) of Korean naming.

Names sharing a syllable

Hanna 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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