Chananja
Chananja (חנניה) is a Hebrew male given name. “Grammatically, it represents a verbal sentence, with the predicate, 3rd pers. Sg. Perfect from the verb חנן ḥnn “to be gracious / to prove oneself gracious”, and in the second place the short form of God's name YHWH is the subject. The name means "Yah (we) has been gracious" and belongs to the group of thanksgiving names. "
variants
- Chanina (חנינא), Hebrew alternative form
- Hanina, Jewish-European alternative form
- Chinena, Palestinian
- Ananias Greek
- Ananias Latin, Portuguese, Spanish
- Anania Armenian, Italian, Romanian
- Anani , Bulgarian
- Nino , Georgian
Name bearer
- Hananiah, (4th century BC), Hebrew boy in Babylonian captivity in the book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible, see Hananiah, Misael and Azarja
- Chananja ben Chiskija ben Garon (1st century BC), scholar
- Chanina ben Dosa (1st century), Tannait
- Chanina Segan ha-Kohen (1st century), Tannait
- Chananja (Tannait) (2nd century), Tannait in Babylonia, head of a school
- Chanina ben Teradjon (2nd century), Tannait
- Chananja ben Aqaschja (2nd century), Tannait
- Chananja ben Chakinai (2nd century), Tannait
- Chanina bar Chama (2nd / 3rd century), Tannait or Amorae
- Chananja (Amorae) (3rd / 4th century), Amorae in Palestine
- Chanina ben Pappai (3rd / 4th century), Amorae in Caesarea and Babylon
- Chanina of Sura (4th century), Amora at the school of Sura, Babylonia
- Chananja Jom Tow Lipa Teitelbaum (1838–1904), Chief Rabbi of Sziget, Austria-Hungary
- Hanina Karchevsky (Chanina Kartschewski, 1877–1925), Jewish composer
- Hanina Ben-Menahem (* around 1950), Israeli university professor