Hana
Hana is a girl name of Japanese origin, ranked #91 in popularity, meaning Flower, blossom.
What Hana means
Flower, blossom.
Hana is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Hana comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Hana is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Hana?
Hana is ranked #91, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Hana
We group Hana under flowers and growing things and the natural world — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Hana
These share Hana's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Sakura — Cherry blossom.
- Tsubaki — Camellia flower.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Hadley — Field of heather.
- Heather — The flowering heath shrub.
- Hoa — Flower.
- Hua — Flower; magnificent.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Rose — The rose flower.
- Violet — The violet flower; the color purple.