Sanna (first name)
Sanna is a first name. It can be worn by both women and men. The name comes from both Nordic (as a female form) and African (as a male form).
meaning
The name from the Nordic can be a short form of Susanne . It is also a belittling form of Alexandra in Finnish. In Swedish the name comes from the word ponder , which means true or truthful .
variants
- Saana
- Sanda
- Sane
- Sánná
- Sannah
- Sanne
- Sanni
- Sannie
- Sannu
- Sannukka
- Sanny
- Zanna
Name bearers
- Sanna Bråding (* 1980), Swedish actress
- Sanna Eklund (* 1987), Swedish biathlete
- Sanna Englund (* 1975), German actress
- Sanna Grønlid (* 1959), Norwegian biathlete
- Sanna Lankosaari (* 1978), Finnish ice hockey player
- Sanna Lüdi (* 1986), Swiss freestyle skier
- Sanna Marin (* 1985), Finnish Prime Minister
- Sanna Markkanen (* 1990), Finnish biathlete
- Sanna Nielsen (* 1984), Swedish pop singer
- Sanna-Leena Perunka (* 1976), Finnish biathlete
- Sanna Talonen (* 1984), Finnish soccer player
- Sanna Valkonen (* 1977), Finnish soccer player
- Sanna van Vliet (* 1974), Dutch jazz vocalist and pianist
Name bearer
- Sanna Nyassi (* 1989), Gambian football player
Individual evidence
- ↑ nordicnames.de , accessed on August 25, 2012