Hans

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæns/, IPA^(key): /ˈhænz/, IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːns/, IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːnz/
• Rhymes: -æns, -ænz, -ɑːns, -ɑːnz
• Homophones: hands, haunts

Hans

1. A male given name of German origin, occasionally used in English.

• HNAs, NASH, Nash, Shan, nash, shan

Short form of Johannes borrowed from Germany in the Middle Ages.

• (stressed) IPA^(key): [ˈhanˀs]
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): [hans]

Hans

1. A male given name.

• (surname) Hansen
• Johannes and its variants

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 107 551 males with the given name Hans have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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• Rhymes: -ɑns
• IPA^(key): /ɦɑns/

Hans ?

1. A male given name, diminutive of Johannes.

Hans

1. A male given name, borrowed from German in the Middle Ages.

Hans m

1. A male given name.

Patronymics

• son of Hans: Hansson
• daughter of Hans: Hansdóttir

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Hans

1. A male given name, a medieval shortened form of Johannes (John)

• Hänschen

• Hänsel

• Fritz
• Hinz
• Kunz
• Petz
• Lutz
• Max

Contraction of Johannes borrowed from Germany. First recorded in Norway in the 14th century.

Hans

1. A male given name.
2. Hansel, the boy in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

• Johannes and its variants
• (surnames) Hansen, Hanssen

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 23 372 males with the given name Hans living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the last frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Medieval contraction of Johannes from Germany. First recorded in Sweden in 1356.

Hans c (genitive Hans)

1. A male given name diminutive of Johannes.
2. Hansel, the boy in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

• Johannes and its variants
• (pet form) Hasse
• (surname) Hansson

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 122 616 males with the given name Hans living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, without a clear frequency peak. Accessed on 19 June 2011.