Talk:Hansken

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[edit] name came from aana ?

I am belgian myself (native dutch speaker) and Hans is very a common name in duch. Hansken translates as "little Hans".

Thanks. My source (the German wikipedia) says is comes from "ana" (as does the name of Hanno the elephant). Isn't Hans a male name? Wouldn't it be a bit odd to name a female elephant "little Hans"? -- ALoan (Talk) 10:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
Offcourse it's odd, but I don't know anything about this elephant only that "Hansken" is in dutch "little Hans".
On the Dutch engraving, Hansken is refered as hy (he). Kneiphof 19:54, 8 June 2007 (UTC)