Hannah

plural Hannahs · alternative Hanna

1. countableuncountablebiblicalMother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament.

   Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am I not better to thee than ten sons?

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 1:8

2. countableuncountableA female given name from Hebrew.

   "What about Hannah Schreiber?" He smiled, flashing some gold in his mouth. "How do you like that name? She was only a girl, but she had an old lady's name. - - -

   1959, Philip Roth, Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories, Houghton Mifflin, published 1959, page 116

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   She could buy pretty clothes for a girl and plait her hair with ribbons. And she could call her a nice, old-fashioned, middle-class name like Sarah or Emma or Hannah.

   2002, Kate Atkinson, Not the End of the World, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 33

   I wish it were like the movies, the name something silly, CanDee or Bambie, something you could roll your eyes at. Misti with two hearts over the I's. But it's Hannah, which is a real woman, presumably like me.

   2012, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Phoenix, published 2013, →ISBN, page 77

3. A place name in the United States, which could be from the given name or surname:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Douglas County, Georgia.
   2. countableuncountableA small town in Mayfield Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
   3. countableuncountableA minor city in Cavalier County, North Dakota.
   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Florence County, South Carolina.
4. countableuncountableA hamlet in Hannah cum Hagnaby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5079).

plural Hannahs

1. A Wren serving with the Royal Marines.

1. An Irish and Scottish surname, a variant of Hanna.