Hank

A male given name, form of Henry.

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Hank is both a masculine given name and a surname. It is a pet form of the name Henry, influenced by the Dutch name Henk, that is mainly used in the United States. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
Hank Aaron (born 1934), Hall of Fame baseball player
Hank Aguirre (1931-1994), Major League Baseball pitcher
Hank Allen (born 1940), Major League Baseball outfielder
Hank Azaria (born 1964), American actor, director, voice actor and comedian best known for his voice work on The Simpsons
Hank Ballard (1927-2003), rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
Hank Bauer (1922-2007), American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager
Hank Bauer (American football) (born 1954), National Football League running back and television and radio broadcaster
Hank Blalock (born 1980), Major League Baseball player
Hank Borowy (1916-2004), Major League Baseball pitcher
Hank Brown (born 1940), American retired politician and former senator from Colorado
Hank Burnine (born 1932), American football player
Hank Cochran (1935-2010), American country music singer and songwriter
Hank Feldman, Major League Baseball pitcher
Hank Garland (1930-2004), American studio musician
Hank Gathers (1967-1990), basketball player
Hank Goldup (1918-2008), National Hockey League player
Hank Greenberg (1911-1986), Hall of Fame baseball player
Hank Johnson (born 1954), U.S. Representative from Georgia
Hank Jones (1918-2010), American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer
Hank Iba (1904-1993), American college basketball head coach of the Oklahoma A&M Aggies (now known as the Oklahoma State Cowboys)
Hank Ketcham (1920-2001), American cartoonist who created Dennis the Menace
Hank Kuehne (born 1975), American former professional golfer
Hank Locklin (1918-2009), American country music singer and songwriter
Hank Marvin, guitarist
Hank Mobley (1930–1986), American hard bop and soul jazz saxophonist and composer
Hank Norberg (1920–1974), American football player
Hank Nowak (born 1950), Canadian born National Hockey League player
Hank Pfister (born 1953), American retired tennis player
Hank Sauer (1917-2001), Major League Baseball left fielder
Hank Snow (1914-1999), Canadian-American country music musician and songwriter
Hank Steinbrenner (born 1957), part-owner of the New York Yankees
Hank Stram (1923-2005), American National Football League coach
Hank Thompson (baseball) (1925-1969), baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball
Hank Thompson (musician) (1925-2007), American country music singer and songwriter
Hank Williams (1923-1953), country musician
Hank Williams, Jr. (born 1949), country musician, son of Hank Williams
Hank Williams III (born 1972), country musician, son of Hank Williams, Jr.
Hank Worden (1901-1992), American actor
Hank (dog), a dog rescued by the Milwaukee Brewers named after Hank Aaron
Nickname:
Hank Green (born 1980), video blogger
Hank Paulson, (born 1946) former Secretary of the Treasury
Henrik Sedin, Swedish hockey player
Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish hockey player
Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, a nickname of entertainer Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr.
Surname:
Jorge Hank Rhon, former Municipal President of Tijuana
Carlos Hank González, his father
Fictional characters:
Henry Charles "Hank" Chinaski, alter ego of and character in many stories by Charles Bukowski
Hank Gannon, from the soap opera One Life to Live
Hank Hall, a DC Comics character
Hank Halverson the basis for the Marvel Comic's hero Hank Pym in 1962
Hank Henshaw, DC Comics villain
Hank, a character from the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen
Hank Hill, protagonist of the TV series King of The Hill
Hank Jennings, from the TV show Twin Peaks
Henry "Hank" Lawson, protagonist of TV series Royal Pains
Hank McCoy, a superhero, The Beast, from the Marvel comic series "X-Men"
Hank Moody, protagonist of the TV series Californication
Hank or Henry Pym (aka Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket), fictional character in the Marvel Universe
Hank Rearden, fictional character in Atlas Shrugged
Hank Schrader, from the TV show Breaking Bad
Hank Venture, fictional character in The Venture Bros.
Henry "Hank" Zipzer, fictional character from the TV series Hank Zipzer
Talking Hank, one of the main characters of Talking Tom and Friends
Hank, main character in the Hank the Cowdog series of children's novels
Hank, an octopus with a missing tentacle in the animated film Finding Dory

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Late 13c., "a loop of rope" (in nautical use), probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse hönk "a hank, coil," hanki "a clasp (of a chest);" ultimately related to hang (v.). From 1550s as a length of yarn or thread.

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God is gracious. Form of Henry: home ruler.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Hank Azaria	1964	American actor
2	Henry Pym		Marvel Comics superhero
3	Hank Aaron	1934	Retired American baseball player
4	Hank Williams Jr.	1949	American country singer-songwriter and musician
5	Hank Henshaw		Fictional supervillain featured in the DC Comics universe
6	Hank Williams III	1972	American musician and singer
7	Hank Green	1980	American vlogger
8	Hank Baskett	1982	American football player
9	Hank Gathers	1967	American basketball player
10	Hank Marvin	1941	English musician
11	Hank Kuehne	1975	Professional golfer
12	Hank Hill		Fictional character from King of the Hill
13	Hank Moody		Fictional character from TV series Californication
14	Hank Greenberg	1911	Baseball outfielder
15	Hank Snow	1914	Country musician
16	Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf	1962	American entertainer
17	Hank Worden	1901	1901-1992 American actor
18	Big Bank Hank	1957	American rapper
19	Hank Stram	1923	American football player and coach
20	Hank Steinbrenner	1957	American baseball executive
21	Hank Conger	1988	American baseball player
22	Hank Hall
23	Hank Ballard	1927	R&B singer and songwriter
24	Hank Mobley	1930	American saxophonist
25	Hank Hanegraaff	1950	American writer and radio host
26	Hank Garland	1930	American musician
27	Hank Skinner	1962	American murderer
28	Hank Jones	1918	American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
29	Hank Locklin	1918	American musician
30	Hank Cochran	1935	American country musician
31	Hollywood Hank	2000	German rapper
32	Hank Erwin	1949	American politician
33	Hank Haney	1955	Golf instructor
34	Hank Shermann	1958	Danish musician
35	Hank Parker		American outdoorsman and TV personality
36	Hank Blalock	1980	American baseball player
37	Henry Lundy	1984	American boxer
38	Hank Meijer	1952	American businessman
39	Hank Chien	1974	Three-time world champion of the video game Donkey Kong
40	Hank Crawford	1934	American saxophonist
41	Hank Earl Carr	1968	American mass murderer
42	Hank Sauer	1917	American baseball player and coach
43	Hank von Helvete	1972	Norwegian musician and actor
44	Hank Wangford	1940	English singer
45	Hank Goldberg	1940	American sportscaster
46	Hank O'Day	1859	American baseball player, manager, umpire
47	Hank Häberle	1957	German singer
48	Hank Cheyne	1958	American actor
49	Hank Garrett	1931	American actor
50	Hank Brown	1940	American politician
51	Hank Fraley	1977	American football player
52	Hank Asher	1951	American businessman
53	Hank Egan	1937	American basketball player-coach
54	Hank Thompson	1925	American baseball player
55	Hank Luisetti	1916	American basketball player
56	Hank Phillippi Ryan		American writer
57	Hank Mann	1887	American actor
58	Hank Penny	1918	American musician
59	Rainer Hank	1953	German journalist
60	Hank Willis Thomas	1976	American artist
61	Hank Bullough	1934	American football player and coach
62	Hank Aguirre	1931	American baseball player and coach
63	Hank Greenspun	1909	American publisher, real estate developer
64	Hank Bauer	1954	American football player
65	Hank Medress	1938	American musician
66	Hank Finkel	1942	American basketball player
67	Hank Steinberg	1969	American television and film writer, producer and director
68	Hank Izquierdo	1931	Cuban baseball player
69	Hank Greenwald	1935	American sports announcer
70	Hank Biasatti	1922	Canadian basketball player
71	Hank Sullivant	1983	American musician
72	Hank Borowy	1916	Major League Baseball pitcher
73	Hank Corwin	2000	American film editor
74	Hank Poteat	1977	Player of American football
75	Hank Henry	1906	American actor
76	Hank Stuever	1968	American travel writer
77	Tigre Hank	1991	Mexican tennis player
78	Hank Osasuna	1972	English actor and performance artist
79	Hank Mizell	1923	American rockabilly singer
80	Hank Sanicola	1914
81	Hank Pfister	1953	American tennis player
82	Hank Gowdy	1889	American baseball player, coach, manager
83	Hank Peters	1924	American baseball executive
84	Hank Wesselman	1941	American anthropologist
85	Hank Nichols	1938	Basketball referee
86	Hank Ilesic	1959	Player of American and Canadian football
87	Hank Lauricella	1930	American politician
88	Hank Allen	1940	American baseball player
89	Hank Hughes	1907	American football player
90	Hank Searls	1922	American novelist and screenwriter
91	Hank Adams	1943	Activist
92	Hank Soar	1914	Player of American football
93	Hank Gremminger	1933	American football player
94	Hank Klibanoff	1965	American journalist
95	Hank Janson		British pseudonymous writer and fictional American reporter
96	Hank Gannon
97	Hank Wyse	1918	American baseball player
98	Hank McDowell	1959	American basketball player
99	Hank Crisp	1896	American college coach
100	Hank Cicalo	1932	American recording engineer
101	Hank Roberts	1954	American cellist
102	Hank DeZonie	1922	American basketball player
103	Hank Wilson	1947	LGBT rights activist
104	Hank Marino	1889	American ten-pin bowler
105	Hank Foldberg	1923	All-American college football player, professional football player, college football coach, college athletics administrator
106	Hank Parker, Jr.	1975	American stock car racing driver and outdoorsman
107	Hank Bell	1892	Actor
108	Hank Bassen	1932	Canadian ice hockey player
109	Hank Raymonds	1924	American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
110	Hank Shizzoe	1966	Swiss musician
111	Hank Vaughan	1849	American poker player
112	Hank Leiber	1911	Major League Baseball outfielder
113	Hank Moonjean	1930	Film producer
114	Hank Foiles	1929	American baseball player
115	Hank Mills	1936	American composer
116	Hank Majeski	1916	American baseball player and coach
117	Hank M. Bounds	1967
118	Hank Plante		American journalist
119	Hank Magnuski	1944	American electronics engineer
120	Hank Monk	1826
121	Hank Huckaby		Member Georgia House of Representatives
122	Sabina Hank	1976	Austrian composer
123	Hank Nelson	1937	Australian historian
124	Hank Johnson	1906	American baseball player
125	Hank Kuhlmann	1937	American football player and coach, baseball player
126	Hank Anderson	1920	American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
127	Hank Bruder	1907	American football player
128	Hank Rosenstein	1920	American basketball player
129	Hank Marr	1927	American musician
130	Hank Landry		Stargate character
131	Hank Kanalz		American comic book writer and editor
132	Hank Palmer	1985	Athletics competitor
133	Hank McGregor		South African canoeist
134	Bob Hank	1923	Australian rules footballer and coach
135	Hank Van Sickle	1961	American musician
136	Hank Pellissier		Writer
137	Hank Reinhardt	1934	American writer
138	Hank Simms	1923
139	Hank Edwards	1919	American baseball player
140	Hank Schwartz	1927	American businessman
141	Hank Beenders	1916	American basketball player
142	Hank Kaplan	1920	American sportswriter and historian
143	Hank Kashiwa	1949	Olympic alpine skier
144	Hank Lyon	1988	Morris County Freeholder
145	Hank Shaw	1926	British musician
146	Hank Fischer	1940	American baseball player
147	Hank Risan	1955	American businessman and scientist
148	Hank DeBerry	1894	American baseball player
149	Hank Webb	1950	American baseball player
150	Hank J. Ratner
151	Hank D'Amico	1915	American musician
152	Hank Severeid	1891	American baseball player
153	Hank Burnine	1932	American football player
154	Hank Siemiontkowski	1950	American basketball player
155	Hank Thorns	1989	American basketball player
156	Hank O'Neal	1940	American photographer
157	Hank Levy		American computer scientist
158	Hank Lammens	1966	Canadian ice hockey defenceman
159	Hank Robinson	1887	American baseball player
160	Henry James Thomas	1941	American activist
161	Hank Helf	1913	American baseball player
162	Hank Autry	1947	American football player
163	Hank Behrman	1921	American baseball player
164	Hank Workman	1926	American baseball player
165	Hank Riebe	1921	American baseball player
166	Hank Ketcham	1891	American football player
167	Hank Goldup	1918	Canadian ice hockey player
168	Hank Mason	1931	American baseball player
169	Hank Bjorklund	1950	American football player
170	Hank Cramer	1953	American singer
171	Hank Nowak	1950	Canadian ice hockey player
172	Hank Gilpin		American artist
173	Hank Arft	1922	American baseball player
174	Hank Schenz	1919	American baseball player
175	Daniel Hank
176	Hank Allison	1947	American football player
177	Hank Duncan	1894	American musician
178	Hank Gastright	1865	American baseball player
179	Hank Rieger	1918	Film and television publicist
180	Hank Norberg	1920	American football player
181	Hank Harris	1923	American football player
182	Hank Biesiot	1945	American football and baseball player and coach
183	Hank Coe	1946	Wyoming politician
184	Hank Vasconcellos	1911	American football coach, college athletics administrator
185	Hank Thormahlen	1896	American baseball player
186	Hank Lazer		American writer
187	Hank Morgenweck	1929	American baseball umpire
188	Hank Smith		American animator
189	Hank Williams	1952	American professional basketball player
190	Hank Whitney	1939	American professional basketball player
191	Hank Wardle	1915	Canadian escapee of Colditz
192	Hank Small	1953	American baseball player
193	Hank Chapman		Comics writer
194	Hank Herring	1922	American boxer
195	Hank M. Tavera
196	Hank Schreiber	1891	American baseball player
197	Hank Laventhol	1927	American artist
198	William Hank	1902	US Navy officer
199	Hank Erickson	1907	American baseball player
200	Hank Liotart	1943	Dutch footballer