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I've met a few Hannahs (HAN-ə). They were all my age (born late 80s or early 90s) and came across to me as a bit obnoxious (peppy, overbearing, shallow).

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I've met one Hana (HA-na). She was about a decade younger and not annoying, so I don't mind Hanna, if it's HA-na. I like saying that more, too.

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Anna is a very neutral name to me. I don't read much character into it, so if Anna's going to be memorable, it's not going to be because of her name at all. Since I think that's a quality of classic names, yeah, I'd say Anna is more classic than Hannah. There's nothing about it that seems objectionable to me.

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About which one is more pretty...Anna could be sort of sweet and spunky, and the H could make it more forceful, or a little more focused and heavy...it just depends what you think 'pretty' means; I'd say Anna.

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Anna Katherine is my favorite of the combos, because...

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I don't like Hannah.
I generally don't like double A endings in combos.
The 'an' sound in Anna Danielle seems repetitive to me.

This message was edited 8/11/2018, 10:13 PM

I like Anna. It seems classic and truly timeless to me, while Hannah seems dated to the 80s and 90s.

I like Hannah alright. It's not my personal style but I enjoy calling people Hannah. I like Anna too - I think mostly because of liking the women I've known named it. Hannah is a name that became popular during my teenage years and I hadn't heard of it when I was little, so it seems "newer" to me (I wouldn't say modern) and sort of ... trendier? But not trendy. Like Abigail or Lauren... easier to date, less "timeless." I couldn't say that either name is prettier. Sometimes I think of the Hebrew H in Hannah (Channah) and I think that sounds super ugly. KHannah. I don't like the spelling Hanna, unless it's pronounced HAH-na (because I knew a Hanna who said it HAH-na, therefore it seems "right" to me - Hanna prn HAN-na makes me think of Hanna-Barbera, Saturday morning cartoons on TV, not namey)

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Anna Janel
Hannah Melissa
Anna Rebecca
Hannah Rachel
Anna Caroline
Hannah Elizabeth
Anna Claire
Hannah Theresa

I like Hannah and Hanna, but I'd choose the usual English spelling, because it's more usable here.
I like Anna Victoria best from your combos.
I do think Anna is slightly prettier - or maybe just softer, H is a harder sound - but it's not more classic in the UK, where Hannah has been much more widely used historically. And both of them are far less classic than Ann / Anne.

I think Anna is much prettier and more elegant. I far prefer it to Hannah. Hannah is about as boring a name as they come, about like Sarah. I don't cringe when I hear someone named Hannah, of course. It's a fine name, inoffensive, historical if bland. It just seems like a missed opportunity to me. I'm aware that a lot of people feel this way about Anna but I've always loved Anna beyond measure and thought it was just about the most beautiful name in existence. I've backed off Anna a little because I am starting to see the dullness a bit, but my favorite name, Susannah, still contains it.

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I like all of your combos but Anna Danielle. I don't like Victoria but it works with Anna.

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I like Anna Elizabeth (standard and "boring" but beautiful imo), Anna Genevieve, Anna Caroline, Anna Margaret, Anna Frances, Anna Josephine

Hannah’s okay (I like this spelling), it feels more modern than Anna. I prefer Anna because of a character I love, who immediately made the name stand out more to me. For both names I’d go more unusual in the middle. I have Anna Calliope May as a combo, and Hannah I’d go for something fun and happy sounding like Hannah Vivian.

I think they're both bland and dull.

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If I had to choose, I'd choose Anna so I could call her Annie 100% of the time.

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Neither of them are more classic than the other, they've been used for the same amount of time. Anna is admittedly more international.

Hannah is ok. I don’t find it particularly interesting but there’s nothing wrong with it. Hanna looks unfinished to me. I think Anna is a hundred times better. Definitely pretty and classic.

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Anna Katherine and Anna Victoria are lovely.

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Anna Sophia
Anna Josephine
Anna Elisabeth
Anna Louise
Anna Seraphine
Anna Genevieve
Anna Justine
Anna Joy
Anna Delphine
Anna Laura
Anna Evangeline
Anna Rosalind
Anna Juliette