Meaning of the nameHosana

Hosana is a feminine name of biblical origin, from the Hebrew and Aramaic cry of praise 'hosana', which means 'save, please'.

Meaning

“save, please (exclamation of praise)”

Source: Wiktionary: hosanna · Behind the Name: Hosanna

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People (2022): 11,322
Rank in Brazil: #1,556
Median age: 43 years
2010 Census: 12,268; people

Hosana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Hosana, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (2,902 people).

11,164 women 158 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Hosana is most common

States with the highest share of people named Hosana in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,190	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	1,249	0.008%
Pernambuco	958	0.011%
Bahia	880	0.006%
Minas Gerais	767	0.004%
Ceará	642	0.007%
Paraíba	614	0.015%
Pará	482	0.006%
Goiás	458	0.007%
Maranhão	369	0.005%
Paraná	350	0.003%
Espírito Santo	292	0.008%
Rio Grande do Norte	284	0.009%
Amazonas	225	0.006%
Piauí	214	0.007%
Distrito Federal	184	0.007%
Mato Grosso	169	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	154	0.001%
Alagoas	153	0.005%
Sergipe	153	0.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul	125	0.005%
Santa Catarina	122	0.002%
Rondônia	96	0.006%
Tocantins	65	0.004%
Amapá	50	0.007%
Acre	44	0.005%
Roraima	33	0.005%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Hosana

Hosana comes from the liturgical exclamation hosana, which Priberam gives as from Ecclesiastical Latin hosanna, of Hebrew origin. Wiktionary traces hosanna from Latin and from Greek ὡσαννά back to Aramaic and, before that, Biblical Hebrew hōshaʿ nā, 'save, please'. Behind the Name records Hosanna as a feminine biblical name, with the Hebrew meaning 'save us', and notes that in the New Testament the expression is addressed to Jesus on his arrival in Jerusalem. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,322 people named Hosana, with a median age of 43; proportionally, the name is most common in Paraíba.

It is the most common spelling in the group and keeps the H of Latin and Greek.

Other spellings of Hosana

Spelling	People (2022)
Hosana	11,322
Osana	5,581

Sources

Wiktionary: hosanna · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Hosanna · behindthename.com · meaning
Priberam: hosana · dicionario.priberam.org · origin

Questions about the name Hosana

What does the name Hosana mean?

Hosana means “save, please (exclamation of praise)”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Hosana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,322 people with the first name Hosana, which ranks it number 1,556 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Hosana a boy's or a girl's name?

Hosana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 11,164 women and 158 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Hosana?

Hosana is a name of Hebrew and Aramaic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Hosana most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.015% of the state's population is named Hosana (614 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Hosana?

Osana. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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