Hanna - no H

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Baby girl no.2 is due in July. The only name we both like is Hanna, but without the H at the end, we just don’t like how it looks.
Our older daughter is Bella.
Do you think we are ok to use Hanna without the H on the end? We really don’t like Hannah with the extra H so it would be back to the drawing board which is devastating as I love Hanna !

how? It's a completely standard spelling across most of northern Europe and in Hebrew.

OP, I think it's nice. She will not be the only one who spells it that way. Go for it.

I think it looks nicer with the Hannah spelling 🤷‍♀️

But Hanna and Bella are a bit too matchy imo.

Everyone will spell it Hannah and she’ll spend her entire life correcting them. Don’t mess around with traditional spellings, it’s just a silly stunt to make a point and your child won’t appreciate your attempt at being edgy.

My name has a y where usually it should have an i, and I’m furious at having had nearly 70 years of explaining.

Don’t mess around with traditional spellings, it’s just a silly stunt to make a point and your child won’t appreciate your attempt at being edgy.

But it is a traditional spelling???

Not in the UK. Hannah has been around since the Bible was translated. Hanna since cartoons became popular.

I was thinking cartoons

Where I'm from, Hanna is a surname rather than a forename.
I prefer it with the H but you do you, there's much worse you could call her.

I've known both (worked in a school). Really wasn't an issue. Although Hannah was lovely & Hanna was a pita.

Hannaliese? Then if shortened to Hanna it's a more logical spelling. (I know a lovely lady named Hannaliese).

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That’s bordering on racist, as it’s from another culture.

I’ve heard the same said about Alys, which is Welsh.

Noooo it’s so cool to have a palindrome and looks like you’re just forcing it to match her sister’s name.

Also I’d pronounce Hanna more harshly than Hannah and assume Nordic heritage (no idea if it’s a Nordic name but that’s my first thought!)

Edit : autocorrected to Hannah-with-an-H so that would be another annoyance!

It makes me think of Hanna Barbera, the animation company.

She'll just be "Hannah without the H", and then funny people will write "Annah".

But it's not horrific, she'll cope, if Hannah is unbearable for you.

I would use the standard spelling. The Hanna and Alys spellings look wrong somehow. I know they are names in other languages but Hannah and Alice are classic. Same goes for Klara, Ana etc

One of my very favourite people in this world is called Hanna, and I adore the spelling. She sometimes has to correct people, but usually people pick up on the spelling really quickly.

By the U.K., you mean England?

By UK I mean UK.

Then you’re mistaken. Hanna or Hana is more common in Wales, although we do get English Hannahs too.

What do you mean I'm mistaken, @WaitingForMojo ? Are you calling me a liar?

Hannah is the correct English spelling, but I think Hanna has become anacceptable alternative nowadays.

I do think Anna is nicer though.

Hannah is Old Testament/jewish, Hanna Islamic.

I don't think that is true.

I worked in a fraud case in the early 90s for William Hanna of Hanna-Barbera fame and the name Hanna will always relate to him.

Hannah is much nicer for a girls name.

Hanna Heller, genetically modified girl in TV series/ film starring Saoirse Ronan.

Possibly not the greatest role model but hey.

Erm, no.

You said that Hanna is not a traditional spelling in the UK. I pointed out that whilst that may be so in England, it isn’t the case throughout the UK 🫤

I’m confused. You said you want it to sound the same as Hannah but don’t like the ‘look’ of Hanna. So…. Call her Hannah?