First names in Hebrew

First name Hanan: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

חנן

Gematria value: 108

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Hanan is written חנן

Hanan is a Hebrew name from the Bible, חנן, "He has shown grace".

Meaning and origin

What does Hanan mean?

Meaning: "He has shown grace" (Hebrew); "tenderness" (Arabic)
Origin: disputed

Your name has two faces. In Hebrew, Hanan is a man's name from the Bible, meaning "He has shown grace", from the family of chen, "grace", like Hannah. In Arabic, Hanan is a girl's name, hanan, "tenderness, compassion", very common in North Africa and the Middle East. Here the two languages share the same root, and the same heart.

Gematria

Hanan = 108

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

• חthe letter Chet8
• נthe letter Nun50
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total108

The verse of the name

From the letter Chet to the letter final Nun

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 Hanan, from ח to ן:

חוֹמָה הָיוּ עָלֵינוּ גַּם־לַיְלָה גַּם־יוֹמָם כׇּל־יְמֵי הֱיוֹתֵנוּ עִמָּם רֹעִים הַצֹּאן׃

“They were a wall around us both night and day, all the days we were with them tending the flocks.”

1 Samuel 25:16

The book of your first name

Hanan, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Hanan in three answers

How do you write Hanan in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Hanan is written חנן. Hanan is a Hebrew name from the Bible, חנן, "He has shown grace".

What is the gematria value of Hanan?
Written חנן, Hanan is worth 108: the letter Chet (8) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Hanan mean?
He has shown grace" (Hebrew); "tenderness" (Arabic) (origin: disputed). Your name has two faces. In Hebrew, Hanan is a man's name from the Bible, meaning "He has shown grace", from the family of chen, "grace", like Hannah. In Arabic, Hanan is a girl's name, hanan, "tenderness, compassion", very common in North Africa and the Middle East. Here the two languages share the same root, and the same heart.