Hamnah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in England and Wales.
Hamnah by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Hamnah. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Hamnah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hamnah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hannahgrace, favour5,878 in the US (2017)
- Hanahgrace, favor; a form of Hannah27 in the US (2017)
- Hamnaone who is grateful or thankful22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hannagrace; variant of Hannah122 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hafsahprotector, guardian68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hananmerciful or compassionate25 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Hamnah
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