Chana
Just under a hundred Polish women carry it, and no newborn has taken it in over two decades: most Poles have never met a Chana. The name is Hebrew and means "grace, favor," and it lives mainly in Jewish families.
Chana Pronunciation
Chana is pronounced KHAH-nah (/ˈxana/).
What Chana means
Where Chana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Chana is the Hebrew original behind a name many know as Hannah. It grows from the root ḥ-n-n, which speaks of grace and favor shown to a person. In the Book of Samuel, Chana prays for a child and later gives thanks. That prayer became a model of Jewish devotion.
The meaning is direct. Grace, favor: this is what the Hebrew says. In Jewish tradition the name kept its unaltered form for centuries, without the diminutives or variants that soften so many others.
A Polish reader may meet Chana on a class register or an official form at the urząd, spelled plainly, four letters. The name has no cross-gender twin and no pet form here. It stands as it was first written, and it holds the plain sense of grace, favor.
How many people are named Chana
1 in 230039 women in Poland is named Chana. 98 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3491 among female names.
Chana as a middle name
Chana is a first name for 98 women in Poland and a middle name for another 21, an 82/18 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1563rd, between Bracha (21) and Dilara (21).
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#1561 Armanda21
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#1562 Bracha21
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#1563 Chana21
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#1564 Dilara21
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#1565 Ebru21