Hany

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies

Hany by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Hany.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 1987, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Hany

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 Hany. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Hanagrace; variant of Hannah341 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hanihappy, joyful14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hanyagrace of god4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hadyguide or leader; a form of Hadi5 in the US (2017)
  • Hanny9 in the US (2017)
  • Haby5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Hany

Names that are said the same way as Hany, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Hanniegrace and favor; a diminutive of Hannah5 in the US (2017)
  • Haani5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Hany

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