Channa as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Channa

What is the meaning of the name Channa ?

The baby name Channa is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'ipa': '/ˈtʃænə/', 'respelling': 'CHAN-nah'}.

Channa is Hebrew, Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.

Channa blends distinct traditions. In Hebrew/Aramaic, it reflects Channah (חַנָּה), “grace” or “favor,” the name of Samuel’s mother in the Hebrew Bible; through Greek and Latin it produced Anna and Hannah. The spelling Channa appears in some Jewish and scholarly transliterations and remains a feminine form across Jewish, Christian, and modern Israeli usage. Related variants include Chana, Chanah, Channah, Hannah, Hanna, Hana, and Anna.

Separately, Channa is a South Asian male given name known from early Buddhist sources for Channa, Prince Siddhartha’s charioteer who later became a monk; in Sinhala and wider South Asian contexts it functions as a masculine or unisex modern name. In Punjabi and Urdu, chann/channa poetically means “moon” and informs affectionate naming and a Punjabi surname. Thus the name spans cultures with primary meanings of “grace/favor” in Semitic use and venerable associations in Buddhist lore.