Hans

A male given name, Germanic form of John.

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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.

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Masc. proper name, a familiar shortening of German and Dutch Johannes (see John). Used figuratively for "a German" or "a Dutchman" from 1560s.

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Shortened form of germanic Johannes, adapted from a Hebrew name, means: God is gracious.

Shaun, Ian, Hannes, Shawn, Giovanni, Juan, Shana, Ants, Jan, Hasse, Hannu, Evan, Yahya, John, Shane, Jean, Ioan

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Hans Zimmer	1957	German film composer and music producer
2	Hans Christian Andersen	1805	Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet
3	Hans Albert Einstein	1904	Swiss-American engineer and educator
4	Hans Landa		Inglourious Basterds character
5	Hans Frank	1900	Nazi war criminal; executed in 1946
6	Hans Holbein	1497	German artist and printmaker
7	Hans Sigl	1969	Austrian actor
8	Hans Rosling	1948	Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker
9	Hans Entertainment	1994	German entertainer
10	Hans Oster	1887	German general
11	Hans Christian Ørsted	1777	Danish physicist and chemist
12	Hans Raj Hans	1953	Indian singer
13	Hans Matheson	1975	British actor
14	Hans Zhang	1984	Actor
15	Hans Sloane	1660	Irish botanist and doctor
16	Hans Reiser	1963	American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and convicted murderer
17	Hans Bethe	1906	German-American nuclear physicist
18	Hans Eysenck	1916	Psychologist
19	Hans Meiser	1946	German television presenter and news presenter
20	Hans Conried	1917	Actor
21	Hans Moleman	1961	The Simpsons character
22	Hans Kammler	1901	German general
23	Hans Morgenthau	1904	American political scientist
24	Yuvraj Hans		Punjabi actor and singer; son of the legendary Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans.
25	Hans Asperger	1906	Austrian pediatrician, medical theorist, and medical professor
26	Hans Christian Malpartida	1986
27	Hans Selye	1907	Austro-Hungarian scientist
28	Navraj Hans		Punjabi actor and singer; son of the legendary Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans.
29	Hans Blix	1928	Swedish politician
30	Hans Krebs	1900	British biochemist
31	Hans Wilsdorf	1881	German watchmaker
32	Hans Süper	1936	German musician
33	Hans Urs von Balthasar	1905	Swedish Catholic theologian
34	Hans Münch	1911	German physicist
35	Hans Kelsen	1881	Austrian lawyer
36	Hans Scholl	1918	German pacifist, executed by Nazi Germany
37	Hans Hofmann	1880	American artist
38	Hans Speidel	1897	German general
39	Hans Klenk	1906	German entrepreneur
40	Hans Memling	1435	Flemish painter
41	Hans von Seeckt	1866	German general
42	Hans Mahr	1949	Austrian journalist
43	Hans Rudolf Wöhrl	1947	German entrepreneur
44	Hans Lippershey	1570	German-Dutch spectacle-maker
45	Hans Geiger	1882	German physicist
46	Hans Fritzsche	1900	German Nazi official
47	Hans Küng	1928	Swiss Catholic priest, theologian and author
48	Hans Teuscher	1937	German actor and voice actor
49	Hans Fallada	1893	German writer
50	Hans Terofal	1923	Actor and manager from Germany
51	Hans Langsdorff	1894	Recipient of the Iron Cross
52	Hans Knoop	1943	Dutch journalist
53	Hans von Luck	1911	German Army colonel
54	Hans Hermann von Katte	1704	Prussian army officer
55	Hans	1981	Rapper from poland
56	Hans Bellmer	1902	German artist
57	Hans von Bülow	1830	German musician
58	Johann Orsolics	1947	Austrian singer
59	Hans Van de Bovenkamp	1938	Dutch-American sculptor
60	Hans M. Hirschi	1967
61	Hans Rausing	1926	Swedish businessman
62	Hans Mulder	1987	Footballer
63	Hans Barlach	1955	German entrepreneur
64	Hans Lammers	1879	German jurist and Nazi politician
65	Hans Aumeier	1906	Executed SS officer (Auschwitz, etc.)
66	Hans Backe	1952	Swedish former footballer and football manager
67	Hans Haacke	1936	Conceptual political artist
68	Hans Rosenfeldt	1964	Swedish writer
69	Hans von Ohain	1911	German aerospace engineer
70	Hans Dagelet	1945	Dutch actor
71	Hans Scheike	1924
72	Hans Globke	1898	German politician
73	Hans Georg Dehmelt	1922	German physicist
74	Hans Isaac	1971	Malaysian model
75	Hans Jonas	1903	German philosopher
76	Hans Wegner	1914	Danish furniture designer
77	Hans Reichenbach	1891	American philosopher
78	Hans Werner Henze	1926	1926-2012 German composer
79	Hans Litten	1903	German lawyer
80	Hans Moravec	1948	Austrian academic
81	Hans Berger	1873	German neuroloigst
82	Hans F. K. Günther	1891	German Eugenicist
83	Hans Mommsen	1930	German historian
84	Hans Holzer	1920	American paranormal researcher
85	Hans Holbein the Elder	1465	German painter
86	Hans Hermann Junge	1914	SS officer
87	Hans Krankl	1953	Austrian footballer
88	Hans Christian Blech	1915	German actor
89	Hans Teeuwen	1967	Dutch comedian and actor
90	Hans Massaquoi	1926	American journalist
91	Hans Raj Khanna	1912	Indian judge
92	Hans Hummel	1787
93	Hans Staden	1525	German conquistador
94	Hans Modrow	1928	German politician
95	Hans van Breukelen	1956	Dutch footballer
96	Hans Baldung	1480	German artist
97	Hans Luther	1879	German chancellor
98	Hans Lauda	1896	Austrian entrepreneur and jurist
99	Hans Christian Gram	1853	Danish scientist
100	Hans Bernd Gisevius	1904	German siplomat and intelligence officer
101	Hans Jeschonnek	1899	German Generaloberst
102	Hans Liebherr	1915	Liebherr
103	Hans Spemann	1869	German embryologist
104	Hans Löw	1976	German actor
105	Hans Magnus Enzensberger	1929	German author, poet, translator and editor
106	Hans Kristian Rausing	1963	Philanthropist and the son of Swedish packaging businessman Hans Rausing
107	Hans Erik Ødegaard	1974	Former Norwegian footballer
108	Hans Ley	1954	German politician
109	Hans Putz junior	1961	German actor
110	Hans Florine	1964	American rock climber
111	Hans Kahlert	1934	German actor
112	Hans Smolders	1960	Dutch politician
113	Hans van der Togt	1947	Dutch television presenter
114	Hans Gude	1825	Norwegian painter
115	Hans van Leeuwen	1952	Dutch politician
116	Hans Vestberg	1965	Swedish businessman
117	Hans Klein Breteler	1946	Dutch politician
118	Hans Sarpei	1976	Ghanaian footballer
119	Hans Buschor	1933
120	Hans Kazàn	1953	Dutch television presenter
121	Hans Georg Näder	1961	German merchant
122	Hans Müller-Westernhagen	1918	German actor
123	Hans van Zetten	1948	Dutch journalist
124	Hans Fahlén	1964
125	Hans Broich-Wuttke	1991	German child actor and actor
126	Hans von Salmuth	1888	German general
127	Hans Albers	1891	German actor
128	Hans Pfitzner	1869	German composer
129	Hans Delbrück	1848	German historian
130	Hans Egede	1686	Missionary to Greenland, Lutheran pastor
131	Hans Zimmermann	1920
132	Hans Heinrich Driftmann	1948	German entrepreneur
133	Hans Abraham Ochs	1928
134	Hans Makart	1840	Austrian painter
135	Hans Ledwinka	1878	Austrian automobile designer
136	Hans Kammerlander	1956	Italian mountaineer
137	Hans Pischner	1914	German politician
138	Hans Hollein	1934	Austrian architect and designer (1934-2014)
139	Hans Peter Royer	1962	Austrian preacher (1962-2013)
140	Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza	1921	Dutch art collector
141	Hans Engels	1951	Dutch jurist and politician
142	Hans Sachs	1912	German prosecutor (1912-1993)
143	Hans von Dohnányi	1902	Hungarian-born German lawyer, member of the German resistance
144	Hans Ji Maharaj	1900	Indian guru
145	Hans Schäfer	1927	German footballer
146	Hans von Aachen	1552	German painter
147	Hans Stringer	1987
148	Hans Scharoun	1893	German architect
149	Hans Herbert Blatzheim	1905	German entrepreneur
150	Hans Peter Minderhoud	1973	Equestrian
151	Hans Franken	1936	Dutch jurist and university professor
152	Hans Gross	1847	Austrian jurist
153	Hans van den Akker	1942	Dutch politician
154	Hans de Booij	1958	Dutch singer and writer
155	Hans Stuck	1900	German racecar driver born in 1900
156	Hans Poelzig	1869	German architect
157	Hans Eisele	1913	German SS officer and Nazi physician
158	Hans Klok	1969	Dutch actor
159	Hans Sibbel	1958	Dutch comedian
160	Hans van Zon	1941	Dutch criminal (1941-1998)
161	Hans Otjes	1947	Dutch actor and writer
162	Hans Kohlhase	1500	German merchant
163	Hans Hartung	1904	French painter
164	Hans B. Pacejka	1934	Dutch automotive engineer
165	Hans Herbert von Arnim	1939	German judge
166	Hans Beijer	1948	Dutch actor
167	Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen	1622	German writer
168	Hans Baur	1910	German actor
169	Hans Fischer	1881	German chemist
170	Hans Peter Luhn	1896	German-American computer scientist
171	Hans Jauch	1883	German officer
172	Hans Graf von Sponeck	1888	German general
173	Hans Köchler	1948	Austrian philosopher
174	Hans Talhoffer	1420	German fencer
175	Hans Oliva-Hagen	1922	German journalist, writer and screenwriter
176	Hans Eppinger	1879	Austrian physician
177	Hans Spiess	1500	Swiss stonemason, builder and architect
178	Hans Mahler	1900	German actor
179	Hans Herrmann	1928	Racecar driver
180	Hans Christian Hosman	1989
181	Hans Philipp	1917	German officer and fighter pilot during World War II
182	Hans Biebow	1902	Nazi administrator of Lodz Ghetto
183	Hans Albert	1921	German philosopher
184	Hans Wärmling	1943	Swedish musician
185	Hans Blumenberg	1920	German philosopher
186	Hans Meyer	1858	German explorer and publisher
187	Hans Cossy	1911	German actor and voice actor
188	Hans Stadlbauer	1945	German actor
189	Hans Hass	1946	German actor
190	Hans Diehl	1940	German actor
191	Hans Driesch	1867	German philosopher and biologist
192	Hans Scheibner	1936	German cabaret artist and writer
193	Hans Abrahamsen	1952	Composer
194	Hans Petter Baarli	1965	Norwegian musician
195	Hans Suess	1909	Austrian physicist
196	Hans Heysen	1877	Australian artist
197	Hans Leo Hassler	1564	German composer and organist
198	Hans "Assi" Hahn	1914	German flying ace
199	Hans Guido Mutke	1921	German World War II fighter pilot
200	Hans Glatzel	1902