Ananias

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Male Name

Usage

Finnish
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of ‘Ανανιας (Hananias), Greek form of the Hebrew name חֲנַנְיָה (Chananja) meaning 'God is gracious' ^[1]

First element (Chanan-):

Hebrew channa = 'mercy, favour'

Last element (-ja):

Hebrew -ja = 'God'

Related Names

Ananias	♂
Ánania	♀
Ánanias	♂
Ánias	♂
Annanias	♂
Nias	♂

Name Days

Denmark

27 April

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[2]		0	n.a.	3	n.a
Sweden[3]		0	0	0	11
Norway[4]		0	0	0	4
Finland[5]		n.a.	1	n.a	425
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Ananias.

Sources: ^{[3] [2] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi