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Girl's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: falling

HaninIn Hebrew: חנין · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: חַנִין

Hanin (Hebrew: חנין) is a girl's name of Arabic origin. 4,710 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 18 girls and ranked #507. Its peak year was 1992, with 246 babies.

People in Israel
4,710
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
18
rank #507
Peak year
1992
246 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Hanin

In Hebrew letters the name is חנין, read right to left. Hanin is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Hanin by year in Israel

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Hanin: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Hanin

How do you write Hanin in Hebrew?

Hanin is written חנין in Hebrew (with vowel points: חַנִין). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Hanin?

4,710 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name חנין: 4,710 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Hanin a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named חנין are women.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.