Hannele

Hannele is a Finnish diminutive of Hanna, which itself derives from the Hebrew name Channah, meaning grace or favour. The name entered Finnish usage as an affectionate, familiar form and gained wider cultural prominence through Gerhart Hauptmann's 1893 German play Hanneles Himmelfahrt, in which the title character is a young girl whose name reflects this Finnish and Scandinavian diminutive tradition. It shares its ultimate root with Hannah, Anne, Anna, and the Finnish variant Hanna.