Hans (name)

For other uses, see Hans (disambiguation).

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

Hans is a masculine given name. In German, Danish, Dutch, Faroese, Norwegian, Icelandic and Swedish, originally it was 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.

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: Han, 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); diminutives: Jancsi, Jani
Johan (Dutch, Swedish, Danish. Norwegian)
Chuan (Aragonian)
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/for John)
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), German singer and actor, stage name Der blonde Hans
Hans Clarin (1929–2005), German actor
Hans Conried (1917–1982), comedian and actor
Hansjörg Felmy (1931–2007), German actor
Hans-Joachim Fuchsberger (1927–2014), actor and presenter
Hans Klok, magician (born 1969)
Hansi Knoteck (1914–2014), actress
Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff (1921–1998),German actor and presenter
Hans Matheson, Scottish actor
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), German 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

Hanns Eisler (1898–1962), Austrian composer
Hans Guido von Bülow (1830–1894), German pianist and conductor
Hans Gruber (1925–2001), 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
Hans Poulsen (born 1945), songwriter/musician

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), German 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 (1927-2016), German politician
Hans Gualthérie van Weezel (born 1941), Dutch politician and diplomat
Hans Hagnell (1919-2006), Swedish politician
Hans-Hermann Hoppe (born 1949), libertarian writer and theorist
Hans Kalm (1889–1981), Estonian-born military officer
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), German resistance fighter (Weiße Rose)
Hans Wiegel (born 1941), Dutch politician
Hans von Luck (1911–1997), German officer

Science

Hans Albert Einstein (1904–1973), Pf. of Hydraulic engineering, A. Einstein's son
Hans Ankum (born 1930), Dutch legal scholar
Hans Avé Lallemant (born 1938), Dutch-born American geologist
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
Hans Werner Aufrecht (born 28 December 1936 in Großaspach, Germany) was in 1967 along with Erhard Melcher one of the founders of AMG Engine Production and Development, a current subsidiary ofMercedes-Benz
Hans Rudolf Giger (1940-2014), Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer

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, a 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
Hans Volter, the main antagonist from the video game Killing Floor 2
Super Hans, a character in the British TV comedy Peep Show
Hans and Franz, recurring sketch characters on Saturday Night Live
Sgt Hans Schultz, (portrayed by John Banner) character in the situational comedy Hogans Heros
Hans Axgil, a character from the novel The Danish Girl, played by Matthias Schoenaerts in the 2015 film of the same name

References

↑ Dahl, Árni (2005). Navnabókin. ISBN 9789991849393.
↑ Otterbjörk, Roland (1979). Svenska förnamn. ISBN 9789121109373.
↑ Stemshaug, Ola; Kruken, Kristoffer (1995). Norsk Personnamnleksikon. ISBN 978-8252120363.
↑ Meldgaard, Eva Villarsen (2004). Den store navnebog. ISBN 9788711160435.

External links

BehindTheName.com

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