Name: Hans
Gender: Male
Usage: Hans, of hebrew origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Hans are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Hans across the world, see Johann.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Hans is: God is gracious.
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Numerology of the first name Hans: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Hans is ranked on the 1,297th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 367700 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.006% of the population. The name Hans has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Hans for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Hans is a masculine given name. In German, Danish, Dutch, Faroese, 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 nimmermehr," which translates roughly as: "What little Hans doesn't learn, grown-up Hans 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.
German form of John, derived from a shortened and contracted form of Latin Johannes.
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