Hannele is a Finnish female given name in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. It originated as a variant of the name

Johanna Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form ''Iōanna'' lacks a medial /h/ because in Greek /h/ cou ...

. Its

nameday In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, among other parts of Christendom. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of a ...

is celebrated on the 21st of July in Finland and the 5th of January in Sweden. As of 2012, more than 90,000 people in Finland have this name. It was most popular around the middle of the 20th century. It is listed by the Finnish Population Register Centre as one of the top 10 most popular female given names ever.

Notable people

Some notable people who have this name are: * Hannele Pokka, Finnish politician, former governor of the province of Lapland * Hannele Tonna, Finnish ski-orienteering competitor and World Champion * Hannele Klemettilä, Finnish historian and author *

Hannele Huovi Päivi Marja Hannele Huovi, married name Eskola (b. 19 March 1949), is a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 2009.

, Finnish writer * Hannele Ruohola-Baker, Finnish-American scientist

References

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