Hans (name)

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Gender Male Meaning God is gracious		Word/name Pet Form of Johannes
Pronunciation /ˈhɑːnz/ HAHNZ; German: [ˈhans] Name day October 25 (Germany) August 29 (Sweden) June 24th (Norway, Estonia, Denmark) December 27 (Finland) Region of origin German, Dutch, Scandinavian

Hans is a masculine given name. In German, Danish, Dutch, Faroese, Norwegian, Icelandic and Swedish, originally it was short for Johannes (John) but is also recognized in Sweden, Norway, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Estonia as a name in its own right for official purposes.

The earliest documented usage was in 1356 in Sweden, 1360 in Norway, and the 14th century in Denmark.

"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,Hawns, Hanns, Hannes, Hanse, 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

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 (1938–2016), Dutch-born American geologist

Hans Bethe (1906–2005), Nobel laureate in physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis

Hans Bos (born 1950), Dutch biochemist and cancer researcher

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

Hans Hubermann, the foster father of Liesel Meminger from the novel The Book Thief.

References

Hans (name) Wikipedia

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