Han

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Gender Masculine & Feminine

Usage Dutch

Meaning & History

Short form of Johannes or Hanne 1.

Added 8/18/2007 by Lucille
Edited 3/7/2023 by Frollein Gladys, Mike C and LMS

Gender Feminine

Usage English

Pronounced Pron. HAN [key]

Meaning & History

Short form of Hannah.

Added 3/6/2010 by anonymous
Edited 12/18/2018 by Evil

Gender Masculine

Usage Chinese

Scripts 悍, 汉, 汗(Chinese)

Other Forms FormsHàn (Pinyin)

Meaning & History

Derived from the Chinese character 悍 (hàn) meaning "brave; fierce; valiant; ferocious" or 汉 (hàn) referred to the Han River or the Han ethnic name or 汗 (hàn) meaning "sweat".

Other characters combinations are also possible.

Added 5/17/2012 by anonymous
Edited 5/26/2022 by Felie

Gender Masculine

Usage Popular Culture

Pronounced Pron. HAHN [key]

Meaning & History

Variant of John. A bearer of this name is Han Solo a hero from the 'Star Wars' movies.

Added 7/20/2016 by anonymous
Edited 9/12/2018 by Evil, LMS and Beautiful Victory

Gender Masculine & Feminine

Usage Burmese

Scripts ဟန်(Burmese)

Meaning & History

Means "gesture, style, manner, appearance" in Burmese.

Added 7/24/2020 by cassilda in carcosa

Gender Masculine & Feminine

Usage Lao

Scripts ຫັນ(Lao)

Meaning & History

Means "lively" in Lao.

Added 10/30/2020 by cassilda in carcosa

Gender Masculine

Usage Thai

Scripts หาญ(Thai)

Meaning & History

Means "brave, daring" in Thai.

Added 10/31/2020 by cassilda in carcosa

Gender Masculine

Usage Turkish

Meaning & History

From a Turkic title meaning "leader, ruler". The title is usually translated into English as "khan".

Added 11/17/2020 by anonymous

Gender Masculine & Feminine

Usage Korean

Scripts 한(Korean Hangul)

Meaning & History

나라 '한' - 韓
A general term for our country and our people.
4 "clans", or bon-gwan (본관), exist.
Cheonju Clan, Danju Clan, Samhwa Clan, and Goksan Clan.

Added 3/7/2023 by Han Sang-Won