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View Name: Hans


HANS
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
PRONOUNCED: HAHNS (German, Dutch)   [key]
Meaning & History
German, Dutch and Scandinavian short form of JOHANNES. Two famous bearers were Hans Holbein (1497-1543), a Renaissance portrait painter from Germany, and Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), a Danish writer of fairy tales.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Hannes, Jo (German), Hanne, Hannes, Jo, Joop (Dutch)
DIMINUTIVES: Hampus, Hasse (Swedish)
FEMININE FORMS: Johanne (Norwegian), Johanne (Danish)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Deshaun, Deshawn, Keshaun, Keshawn, Rashaun, Rashawn (African American), Yanick, Yannic, Yannick (Breton), Ivo, Yanko (Bulgarian), Ivica, Ivo, Janko (Croatian), Honza, Janek (Czech), Johnie, Johnnie, Johnny, Hank (English), Joĉjo (Esperanto), Hannes, Hannu, Juha, Juho, Jukka, Jussi (Finnish), Jeannot, Yanick, Yannic, Yannick (French), Jancsi, Jani, Janika (Hungarian), Gian, Gianni, Vanni, Giannino, Nino (Italian), Ivo (Macedonian), Hankin, Jankin, Jackin (Medieval English), Zuan (Medieval Italian), Janek (Polish), Joãozinho (Portuguese), Iancu, Ionel, Ionuț, Nelu (Romanian), Vanya (Russian), Ivo, Janko (Serbian), Janko (Slovak), Janko, Žan (Slovene), Juanito (Spanish), Ianto (Welsh)
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