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Dated? Nice? What's the feel?

Very nice.

Love it. I only know nice Hannahs so has positive connotations for me. Also doesn't it mean grace?

Bear in mind, for anyone who's from Lancashire, like me, it will be pronounced the same as Anna.

I have a Hannah, she is called bananas by everyone (even on her school report ) I don't know any other Hannahs either so its uncommon without being 'out there'.

Funny Missy, round here the world and their best friend has a dd called Hannah in the 15-25 yr age bracket it seems!

Really? I wonder if they have all congregated in your corner of the world then. I've never met a 'Hannah' before.

Just checked, it was number 41 on the list for 2011! I'm very surprised...still like it though!

Lovely lovely name. A bit common which puts me off a little bit but still lovely

Pretty and I like it

harrymum, normally common puts me off. I want feminine but not hyper girly, I always think I'd be embarrassed at my male dominated (at least in leadership work) if I didn't have a strongish name that was too pretty, e.g. a flower name. Maybe that's silly...

I like Helena too (first female judge)

It was my choice is number four was a girl, he was a boy ....

Want a number 5 so I can use it.

It means God is gracious. Certainly not common any more.

Love it, but my SIL is Hannah and I love her so that might be why!

I know a Hannah, she's 9, and she's just such a lovely girl. So calm, and fun, and loving.

My sisters baby is Helena lovely name. She was also considering
Harriet.
Phoebe.
Verity.

If you love Hannah I would go with that though

Really lovely. Doesn't seem that popular around here.

Love it, first choice if I ever have a girl

We considered this for dd (who's now 11!), but rejected it because it was everywhere then.

I think it's a very sweet name

Ruby

I've always loved it, was v keen for DD to be Hannah (or DS had he been a girl.) Lots of Hannahs round here and DH not keen. I think it's a lovely name.

We've got a Hannah (nearly 3) not met any others her age - we love the name

I know six Hannah's under five its nice but much prefer Anna.

Hannah and Anna are both nice names. Quite safe though

I have a Hanna - probably wouldn't have chosen it if my DH wasn't Muslim and we had to have a name that was Arabic and English but love it now.

lovely name, down point is she may get the nickname spanner like a Hannah I know does.

Hannah is a bit dull IMO. Think Anna is a bit cooler. Depends what you're after though I suppose. And Helena is quite nice - but pronounced he-len-a as opposed to He-lane-a.

Very nice. Will never be a disability unless your surname is Spanner.

I like it. Spelt the same backwards as well

I like it. to me it's a bit like Zoe in that it's pretty classless and not likely to date.

I know 3 under 2 and 2 over 25. I call 1 of them (over 25) spandooler (affectionately of course). Its a nice name (hannah that is).

I'm a Hannah and I do get called Hannah Spanner but I'm not scarred for life by it! My best friend's DD is called Hannah and they have called her Hannah Spanner since birth thinking it would make her immune to teasing and when she started school she or called Hannah Montana!

Love it. Pretty, easy to spell and it"s a palindrome. Plus I've never met a Hannah I didn't like.

I may well be biased

Love it! It's my sisters name but I would have definitely wanted to use it if I had had a girl!

I really like it I know a few who are 20s/30s, one over 60 and one toddler! It's classic and won't date. And it's a palindrome

I like it, and know a few of assorted ages from 40s to toddler. I do prefer Anna though.

I always associate Zoe with mid 70s. There were 8 others in my sister Zoe's year at school.

I have a 20 year old Hannah and a 79 year old aunt called Zoe!