The meaning and history of the name Hans.

HANS

German, Dutch and Scandinavian short form of JOHANNES. Two famous bearers were Hans Holbein (1497-1543), a Renaissance portrait painter from Germany, and Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), a Danish writer of fairy tales.

Usage: Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish

Short Forms: HAMPUS, HASSE

Full Forms: JAN (1), JENS, JOHAN, JOHANN, JOHANNES, JON (1)

Variants: HANNE, HANNES, JO, JOOP

Feminine Forms: JANA, JANINA, JANNA, JOHANNA, JOHANNE

Name day:
June 24th: Estonia
August 29th: Sweden

Famous People: Hans Christian Andersen^wiki (Writer, 1805, Denmark), Hans Christian ^wiki (Physicist, 1777, Denmark), Hans Zimmer^wiki (Composer, 1957, Germany), Hans Holbein the Younger^wiki (Artist, 1497, Germany), Hans Bethe^wiki (Physicist, 1906, Germany), Hans Frank^wiki (Lawyer, 1900, Germany), J. Hans D. Jensen^wiki (Physicist, 1907, Germany), Hans Adolf Krebs^wiki (Chemist, 1900, Germany), Hans Fischer^wiki (Chemist, 1881, Germany), Hans Arp^wiki (Artist, 1886, France)

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