Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Hana

花はな

A girl name with 3 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 花, combines flower.

Hiragana
はな
Katakana
ハナ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Hana
Morae
2 はな
Gender
Girl

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Hana. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • はなちゃんhana-chan
  • はーちゃんha-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji