Hans (name)
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| Hans | |
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| Pronunciation | English: /ˈhɑːnz, ˈhænz/ HAHNZ, HANZ; German: [ˈhans] |
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | Pet Form of Johannes |
| Meaning | God is gracious |
| Region of origin | German, Dutch, Scandinavian |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Jack, Ian, Jan, Jannes, Jean, Jo, Joan |
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Hans is a masculine given name. In German, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Icelandic and Swedish, originally it is short for Johannes (John) but is also recognized in Sweden, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands as a name in its own right for official purposes.
"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 nimmer mehr," which translates roughly as: "What [little] Johnny doesn't learn, [grown-up] John 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.
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[edit] Alternate forms
Pet, diminutive, alternative and other language forms are:
- Hannes (Dutch, German, Swedish, Finnish)
- Hans or Hansini (Hindi meaning Swan the bird)
- Hansi
- 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: Janci ('Zoltan --> Zoli' pattern)
- Johan (Dutch, Swedish, Danish. Norwegian)
- Joan (Catalan)
- Jean (French)
- João (Portuguese)
- 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)
- Jānis (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)
- Shon (Israeli Hebrew) שון (from Shawn)
- 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
[edit] Famous people
[edit] 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), actor
- Hans-Joachim Fuchsberger (* 1927), actor and presenter
- Hans Klok, magician (* 1969)
- Hansi Knoteck (* 1914), actress
- Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff (1921–1998), actor and presenter
- Hans Moser, real name Jean Julier (1880–1964), Austrian actor
- Hans Werner Olm (* 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), actor and martial artist
[edit] Literature
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Danish storyteller
- Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871–1943), writer
- Hans Fallada (1893–1947), writer
- Hans von Felgenhauer (1863–1946); German officer, writer and poet
- Hans Herbjørnsrud, (* 1938), Norwegian author
- Hans Henny Jahnn (1894–1959), German writer
- Hans Kruppa (* 1954), writer
- Hans Kudszus (1901–1977), German aphorist
- Hansjörg Martin (1920–1999), crime author
- Hans Mayer (1907–2001), literary scholar
- Hans Erich Nossack (1901–1977), German writer
- Hans Pöögelmann (1875–1938), Estonian poet and communist
[edit] Medicine
- Hans Asperger (1906–1980), Austrian pediatrician, Asperger syndrome is named after him.
[edit] Music
- Hansel & Raul (1959), famous Cuban duo singers
- Hans Ebert, Music Executive
- Hans Guido von Bülow (1830–1894), German pianist and conductor
- Hans Gruber (1925–2001), a Canadian conductor
- Hans Raj Hans, Indian Sufi singer
- Hans Werner Henze (b. 1926), German composer
- Hans Jurgen-Kursch (Hansi) (1966) German lead vocalist of power metal band Blind Guardian
- Hans Söllner (* 1955), songwriter
- Hans Zimmer (* 1957), German film composer
[edit] Politics & military
- Hans Blix, head of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (2000–2003)
- 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 Dietrich Genscher (* 1927), West German politician
- Hans Jauch (1883–1965), colonel
- Hans Maier (* 1931), politician
- Hans Oster (1887–1945), German Brigadier General and deputy head of Military Intelligence
- Hannsheinz Porst (1922–2010), East German spy
- Hans Scholl (1918–1943), resistance fighter
- Hans Wiegel (1941), Dutch politician
- Hans von Luck
[edit] Science
- Hans Albert Einstein (1904–1973), Pf. of Hydrolic engineering, A. Einstein's son
- Hans Bethe (1906–2005), Nobel laureate in physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.
- 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 Steffen (1865–1937), German geographer and explorer of Patagonia
- Hans Adolf Krebs (1900–1981), German born, British physician and biochemist. Identified citric acid cycle.
[edit] Sports
- Hans-Jörg Butt (b. 1974), German football (soccer) player (FC Bayern Munich)
- Hans Sarpei (b. 1976), Ghanaian soccer player (FC Schalke 04)
- Hans Dersch (b. 1967), American breaststroke swimmer
- Hans Knecht (1913–1996), Swiss road racing cyclist
- Hans Krankl (b. 1953), Austrian football player and trainer
- Hans Lutz (b. 1949), German track and road cyclist
- Hans Müller (b. 1957), football player
- Hans Nüsslein (1910–1991), tennis player
- Hans Parrel (b. 1944), Dutch water polo player
- Hans von Tschammer und Osten (1887–1943), sports director
- Hans Wouda (b. 1941), Dutch water polo player
[edit] Other
- Hans von Bartensleben, named Hans der Reiche (1512–1583)
- Hans Erlwein (1872–1914), architect
- Hans Seyffer (1460–1509), sculptor
- Hans Emil Meyer (1889–1954) Swiss architect and theorist (Bauhaus)
- Hans Moleman (* 1976), Simpsons Character
- Hans Geering, a character in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
- Hans Gruber, fictional antagonist from Die Hard
- 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 "Inglorious Basterds"
- Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543), German Renaissance Portraitist
- Super Hans, a character in the British TV comedy Peep Show
