First names in Hebrew

First name Ana: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

חנה

Gematria value: 63

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Ana is written חנה

RecommendedחנהThe original spellingAna is the Spanish, Portuguese and Slavic form of Anna, from Hannah, חנה in Hebrew.Value: 63

אנהAs it sounds in EnglishThe Hebrew letters that transcribe the sound of your name: for a book that reads this sound rather than the origin of the name.Value: 56

For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.

Meaning and origin

What does Ana mean?

Meaning: "grace"
Origin: Hebrew

Ana is the Spanish, Portuguese and Slavic form of Anne. It comes from the Hebrew Hannah, “grace”, through the Greek and Latin Anna, and it is one of the most widely given names in the world.

Gematria

Ana = 63

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. חנה has 3 letters:

חthe letter Chet8
נthe letter Nun50
הthe letter He5
Total63

Written אנה (as it sounds in English), Ana is worth 56.

The verse of the name

From the letter Chet to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Ana, from ח to ה:

חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר עַל־פִּי דַרְכּוֹ גַּם כִּי־יַזְקִין לֹא־יָסוּר מִמֶּנָּה׃

“Train a child according to his own way; even when he grows old, he will not turn from it.”

Proverbs 22:6

The book of your first name

Ana, in nine pages

Ana, in Hebrew
Letter by letter
The number of your name
The verse of your name
The portrait of Ana
Ana, day to day
What tradition says about names
The sources

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Frequently asked

Ana in three answers

How do you write Ana in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Ana is written חנה. Ana is the Spanish, Portuguese and Slavic form of Anna, from Hannah, חנה in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written אנה.

What is the gematria value of Ana?
Written חנה, Ana is worth 63: the letter Chet (8) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter He (5). Written אנה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 56.

What does Ana mean?
Grace (origin: Hebrew). Ana is the Spanish, Portuguese and Slavic form of Anne. It comes from the Hebrew Hannah, “grace”, through the Greek and Latin Anna, and it is one of the most widely given names in the world.

A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).