Anania Name Meaning

The name Anania is of Hebrew origin and it is predominantly used in Italian language. It is derived from the Hebrew name Hananiah, which means 'God is gracious', or 'God has been gracious'. In the Bible, Anania is the Italian form of the name of the husband of Sapphira and a member of the early Christian church in Jerusalem.

Famous personalities: Anania Shirakatsi was a famous Armenian philosopher and mathematician in the 7th century. There's also Anania of Adiabene, who is a Jewish-Hellenistic author of a lost historical work.