name
Hana
HAH-nah
ˈhɑːnɑListen
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Syllable breakdown
Hana
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Tsimshian (Canada/Alaska)
- Meaning
- a feminine name from the Tsimshian tradition meaning flower or blooming one, evoking the coastal forest environment of the North Pacific where the Tsimshian peoples have fished, traded, and maintained potlatch relationships for millennia; Tsimshian women have historically played central roles in the matrilineal clan system that governs the transmission of property, hereditary names, and ceremonial crests among the Tsimshian-speaking nations of the Skeena and Nass river watersheds and the Prince Rupert coastal archipelago
- Gender
- female
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