Hananiah
/ˌhæn.əˈnaɪ.ə/noun
A Hebrew personal name meaning “Yahweh has been gracious” or “Yah is gracious.”
Did you know?Hananiah is built from the divine element -yāh, a shortened form of Yahweh, making it one of many ancient Hebrew names that functioned like spoken theology.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew
חֲנַנְיָה (Ḥănanyāh)
“Yahweh has been gracious”
Septuagint Era
Greek
Ανανίας (Ananías)
“Greek rendering of the Hebrew name”
Latin Late Antiquity
Latin
Ananias
“Latinized biblical name form”
Middle English
English
Ananias
“Biblical proper name used in Christian tradition”
Modern English
English
Hananiah
“English transliteration of the Hebrew biblical name”