Hans

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

German short form of Johannes [1] [2] [3] [4]

Related Names

     
Hanni ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Swedish
Hanno ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Hánno ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Hannu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Hans ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Hansa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Norwegian
Hánsa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Hansi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Hansia ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Hansigne ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Hansina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Norwegian Swedish
Hansine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian
Hanski ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Hanssi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Hansu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Hansy ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Hantta ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Hanttu ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Hassa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Hasse ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Hassi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese
Hensar ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese

See also Hampe

Combinations

Name
Element     		Example
MANN see Hanseman
Morten see Hansmorten

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

24 June

Finland Finland

27 December

Norway Norway

24 June

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

27 December

Sweden Sweden

29 August

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Hans
Accusative: Hans
Dative: Hansi
Genitive: Hans

Further Information

Hans is a very popular name in Greenland

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1356 [2]

Predominant Regional Usage

Denmark: Jylland [4]

Namesakes

Hans Järta (originally Hans Hierta), 11th February, 1774 - 6th April, 1847, Swedish administrator and revolutionary

Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin, 15 February 1873 – 6 November 1964, German-born Swedish biochemist and Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1929)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m5.png 13 19 55746 122616
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 38888 n.a
Norway Norway[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 3765 23372
Finland Finland[8] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 2 n.a 6277
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[5][6][7][8]:Name statistics for Hans(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[7]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Hans(m)


Sources: [5] [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  4. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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