Hans

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæns/, /ˈhænz/, /ˈhɑːns/, /ˈhɑːnz/
• Rhymes: -æns, -ænz, -ɑːns, -ɑːnz
• Homophones: hands, haunts

From German Hans (occasionally used in English), a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).

Hans

1. A male given name from Hebrew.

Hans (plural Hanses)

1. Alternative form of Hanse (“merchant guild”).

• HNAs, NASH, Nash, Shan, nash, shan

From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).

• (stressed) IPA^(key): [ˈhanˀs]

Hans

1. a male given name

• (surname): Hansen, Hanssen
• Johannes and its variants

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 107 551 males with the given name Hans have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑns/

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• Hyphenation: Hans
• Rhymes: -ɑns

Hans m

1. a diminutive of the male given name Johannes

From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).

Hans

1. a male given name

Hans m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Hans: Hansson
• daughter of Hans: Hansdóttir

From German Hans.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑns/, [ˈhɑ̝ns̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑns
• Syllabification^(key): Hans

Hans

1. a male given name

• Hans is the 215^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,590 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,126 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Hannes, Hanns

A medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).

• IPA^(key): /hans/

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Hans m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hans' or Hansens, plural Hänse, diminutive Hänschen n or Hänsel n or Hansi n or Hänslein n)

1. a male given name

• (surnames): Hansen, Hanson, Hanssen
• Johannes and its variants

• → Danish: Hans
  • → Norwegian: Hans
• → Dutch: Hans
• → Swedish: Hans
• → Czech: Honza
• → Polabian: Åns

• Fritz (pet form of Friedrich)
• Hinz (pet form of Hinrich (Heinrich))
• Kunz (pet form of Kunrad (Konrad))
• Lutz (pet form of Ludwig or Ludger)
• Max (short form of Maximilian)
• Petz (pet form of Peter)

• “Hans” in Duden online
• “Hans” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hans m

1. a male given name

From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”), from Latin Jōhannēs, Iōhannēs (a variant of Jōannēs, Iōannēs), from New Testament Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), a contraction from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yôḥānān) (Yohanan, Yokhanan), (perhaps) from a short form of Hebrew יְהוֹחָנָן (yəhôḥānān), meaning "YHWH is gracious".

First recorded in Norway in the 14th century.

Hans

1. a male given name
2. Hansel, the boy in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

• (surnames): Hansen, Hanssen
• Johannes and its variants

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 23 372 males with the given name Hans living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the last frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”). First recorded in Sweden in 1356.

• IPA^(key): /hɑːns/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːns

Hans c (genitive Hans)

1. a male given name
2. Hansel, the boy in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

• (pet form): Hasse
• (surname): Hansson
• Johannes and its variants

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 122 616 males with the given name Hans living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, without a clear frequency peak. Accessed on 19 June 2011.