Chana

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

How Chana is read●(measured from records)

Chana is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English55%

  A dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Hindi12%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Chana in Hindi.

• Portuguese6.0%

  savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Chana, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Hadassah
• Aviva
• Meira
• Rivka
• Elisheva
• Liora
• Ayelet
• Nava
• Adina
• Yael
• Avital
• Shoshana

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Chana is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name4 spellings in the group

  Also written Chána, Chaña, Chanā

• Thai given name25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, United States, India, Laos

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written ชะนะ, ชะนา, จะนะ, ชาณา, จ๊ะนะ

• Bangla given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Bangladesh, Peru

  Also written ছানা, Chānā, Chhana

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Chana is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, Term applied to a lower‐class woman not desired for a longer relationship

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In grt, to put on the fire, have on the fire (of a cooking pot)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In abj, woman; (before a name) Mrs

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Welsh, aspirate mutation of cana

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Hannah Barnett-Tragerb. 1870GBnot in their usual nameEnglish writer and activist
• Hannah Clothier Hullb. 1872USnot in their usual nameAmerican clubwoman, feminist and pacifist
• Chana Orloffb. 1888ILUkrainian-born French and Israeli sculptor (1888–1968)
• Chana Katanb. 1958USAmerican-born Israeli physician and author (b.1958)
• Hannah Landeckerb. 1969CAnot in their usual namesociologist and biotechnology/life sciences historian
• Anne Neubergerb. 1976USnot in their usual namehead of the United States National Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Directorate
• Hannah Stockingb. 1992USnot in their usual nameAmerican Internet personality
• Hannah Raeb. 1997GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actress
• Hannah Stambaughb. 1998JPnot in their usual nameJapanese association football player (born 1998)
• Hannah Hamptonb. 2000GBnot in their usual nameEnglish footballer (born 2000)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Chana mean, and where does it come from?

A dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Chana?

In the etymology graph, Ana, Ann and Anna are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Chana?

A machine transcription gives /ˈtʃænə/ (IPA) for English.

Is Chana a male or female name?

Chana is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Chana have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 9.9 thousand people named Chana, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled chana.

Where is Chana most common?

Chana is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 33 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Chana?

In the United States, the national register counted 9,939 people named Chana in 2020, about 1 in 33 thousand residents.