Hans (name)
| Hans | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɑːnz/ HAHNZ; German: [ˈhans] |
| Gender | Male |
| Name day |
October 25 (Germany) August 29 (Sweden) June 24th (Norway, Estonia, Denmark) December 27 (Finland) |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Pet Form of Johannes |
| Meaning | God is gracious |
| Region of origin | German, Dutch, Scandinavian |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Hanni, Hanno, Hánno, Hannu, Hánsa, Hansi, Hanski, Hanssi, Hansu, Hensar, Hampe, Hanseraq, Hansinnguaq, Hasse |
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Hans is a masculine given name. In German, Danish, Dutch, Faroese, Norwegian, Icelandic and Swedish, originally it is short for Johannes[1] (John) but is also recognized in Sweden, Norway, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands as a name in its own right for official purposes.
Hans is pronounced with a long a (like the a in "harms"). The earliest documented usage was in 1356 in Sweden,[2] 1360 in Norway,[3] and the 14th century in Denmark.[4]
"Hansel" (German Hänsel) is a variant, meaning "little Hans." Another variant with the same meaning is Hänschen, found in the German proverb "Was Hänschen nicht lernt, lernt Hans nimmermehr," which translates roughly as: "What little Hans doesn't learn, grown-up Hans will never learn."
Other variants include: Hanns, Hannes, Hansi (also female), Hansele, Hansal, Hensal, Hanserl, Hännschen, Hennes, Hännes, Hänneschen, Henning, Henner, Honsa, Johan, Johann, Jan, Jannes, Jo, Joha, Hanselmann, Hansje.
Alternate forms
Pet, diminutive, alternative and other language forms are:
- Bunjeet
- Hannes (Dutch, German, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish)
- Hansi
- Honza (Czech, diminutive form of Jan)
- Hovhannes (Armenian)
- Jack
- Johnny/Johnnie
- Jonn
- Yohanna (Arabic: يوحنا) the Arabic language derivative. Used among Arabic-speaking Christians.
- Yahya (Arabic: يحيى), used among Arab and non-Arab Muslims.
- Eoin (Irish language derivation of Seán; in Irish and Scottish Gaelic refers to the Apostle)
- Evan (Welsh a pre-Christian Celtic subsequently equated to John)
- Jevan (variation of Evan)
- Giovanni, Gianni (Italian)
- Ġwanni, Ġwann, Ġanni (Maltese)
- Jan (Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Slovak, German)
- Janez, diminutives: Jan, Jani, Janko (Slovenian)
- János (Hungarian); diminutive: Jancsi
- Johan (Dutch, Swedish, Danish. Norwegian)
- Joan (Catalan)
- Jean (French)
- Jehan, (medieval French), still in use, but rare
- Yann (Breton)
- João (Portuguese)
- Xoan, Xan (Galician)
- Johannes (Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch)
- Johan(n) (variation of Johannes)
- Jón (Icelandic)
- Jonas (Lithuanian)
- Jovan (Serbian)
- Juan (Spanish / Filipino)
- Juhani, Juha, Jukka (Finnish)
- Ansis (Latvian)
- Ian (Scottish derived from Gaelic Iain)
- Ion (Romanian)
- Ivan (Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian and other Slavic language nations)
- Sean (Irish Seán, after the French Jean)
- Shane (anglicized form of Seán)
- Shaun (anglicised form of Seán)
- Shawn (anglicised form of Seán)
- Siôn (Welsh)
- Yohani (Kirundi)
- Yohanes (Eritrean)
- Giuàn (Western Lombard)
Feminine forms are:
- Hanne/Hanna(h)
- Ioana
- Jana
- Jane
- Joana (Portuguese and Catalan)
- Jeanne (French)
- Joanne
- Joan
- Johanna
- Johanne (Norwegian)
- Jean
- Janice, Janet, both shortened as "Jan"
- Non-English variants adopted as English names include Jeanette
- Seonaid, Sinead, Seonag
Famous people
Entertainment
- Hans Albers (1891–1960), singer and actor, stage name Der blonde Hans
- Hans Clarin (1929–2005), actor
- Hans Conried (1917–1982), comedian and actor
- Hansjörg Felmy (1931–2007), actor
- Hans-Joachim Fuchsberger (1927–2014), actor and presenter
- Hans Klok, magician (born 1969)
- Hansi Knoteck (1914–2014), actress
- Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff (1921–1998), actor and presenter
- Hans Moser, real name Jean Julier (1880–1964), Austrian actor
- Hans Werner Olm (born 1955), cabaret performer and comic
- Hans Rosenthal, (1925–1987), German entertainer and presenter, named Hänschen Rosenthal
- Hans Söhnker (1903–1981), actor
- Dolph Lundgren (born Hans Lundgren) (born 1957), actor and martial artist
Literature
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Danish storyteller
- Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871–1943), writer
- Hans Fallada (1893–1947), writer
- Hans Herbjørnsrud, (born 1938), Norwegian author
- Hans Henny Jahnn (1894–1959), German writer
- Hans Mayer (1907–2001), literary scholar
- Hans Erich Nossack (1901–1977), German writer
Medicine
- Hans Asperger (1906–1980), Austrian pediatrician, Asperger syndrome is named after him
Music
- Hans Guido von Bülow (1830–1894), German pianist and conductor
- Hans Gruber (1925–2001), a Canadian conductor
- Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012), German composer
- Hans Jürgen "Hansi" Kürsch (born 1966) German lead vocalist of power metal band Blind Guardian
- Hans Söllner (born 1955), songwriter
- Hans Zimmer (born 1957), German film composer
Politics & military
- Hans Blix (born 1928) head of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (2000–2003)
- Hans Claessen (1563–1624), founder of the New Netherland Company
- Hans, Count von Bülow (1774–1825), Prussian statesman
- Hans von Dohnanyi (1902–1945), jurist and resistance fighter
- Hans Frank (1900–1946), former high-ranking Nazi lawyer and official
- Hans Friderichs (born 1931), German politician and businessman
- Hans Dietrich Genscher (born 1927), German politician
- Hans Gualthérie van Weezel (born 1941), Dutch politician and diplomat
- Hans Maier (born 1931), politician
- Hans Hamilton (1758-1822), Anglo-Irish politician
- Hans Oster (1887–1945), German Brigadier General and deputy head of Military Intelligence
- Hans Scholl (1918–1943), resistance fighter
- Hans Wiegel (born 1941), Dutch politician
- Hans von Luck (1911–1997)
Science
- Hans Albert Einstein (1904–1973), Pf. of Hydraulic engineering, A. Einstein's son
- Hans Bethe (1906–2005), Nobel laureate in physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis
- Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851), Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields
- Hans Charles Freeman (1929–2008), German-born Australian protein crystallographer who elucidated the structure of plastocyanin
- Hans Geiger (1882–1945), Inventor of the Geiger counter
- Hans Hass (1919–2013), Austrian diver, naturalist and film-maker
- Hans Adolf Krebs (1900–1981), German born, British physician and biochemist. Identified citric acid cycle.
- Hans Steffen (1865–1937), German geographer and explorer of Patagonia
Sports
- Hans-Jörg Butt (born 1974), German football (soccer) player
- Hans Sarpei (born 1976), Ghanaian soccer player
- Hans Dersch (born 1967), American breaststroke swimmer
- Hans Knecht (1913–1996), Swiss road racing cyclist
- Hans Krankl (born 1953), Austrian football player and trainer
- Hans Lutz (born 1949), German track and road cyclist
- Hans Müller (born 1957), football player
- Hans Nüsslein (1910–1991), tennis player
- Hans Parrel (born 1944), Dutch water polo player
- Hans von Tschammer und Osten (1887–1943), sports director
- Hans Wouda (born 1941), Dutch water polo player
Other
- Hans Seyffer (1460–1509), sculptor
- Hans Emil Meyer (1889–1954) Swiss architect and theorist (Bauhaus)
- Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543), German Renaissance Portraitist
Fictional characters
- Hans, a James Bond henchman in You Only Live Twice
- Hans, a German enemy character in the fighting game Human Killing Machine
- Hans Castorp, main character in The Magic Mountain
- Hans Moleman, Simpsons Character
- Hans Geering, a character in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
- Hans Gruber, fictional antagonist from Die Hard
- Hans fictional Disney character and the main antagonist of Frozen
- Hans Zarkov, fictional protagonist from Flash Gordon
- Hans Gudegast, the name given to the mountain climber in Cliff Hangers, a pricing game on the U.S. television game show The Price Is Right
- Hans Landa, fictional character from Inglourious Basterds
- Super Hans, a character in the British TV comedy Peep Show
- Hans and Franz, recurring sketch characters on Saturday Night Live
- Hansel and Gretel, fictional characters from the book Hansel and Gretel