Definition of "Hannah"

Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am I not better to thee than ten sons?

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1 Samuel 1:8

"What about Hannah Schreiber?"He smiled, flashing some gold in his mouth. "How do you like that name? She was only a girl, but she had an old lady's name. - - -

1959, Philip Roth, Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories, Houghton Mifflin, published 1959, page 116

She could buy pretty clothes for a girl and plait her hair with ribbons. And she could call her a nice, old-fashioned, middle-class name like Sarah or Emma or Hannah.

2002, Kate Atkinson, Not the End of the World, Doubleday, page 33

I wish it were like the movies, the name something silly, CanDee or Bambie, something you could roll your eyes at. Misti with two hearts over the I's. But it's Hannah, which is a real woman, presumably like me.

2012, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Phoenix, published 2013, page 77