Hans

Where Hans comes from

Borrowed from German Hans (occasionally used in English), a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Hans
  • German
  • 1 syllable
Hans through the years
  1. 1777
    Hans Christian Ørsted born
    Danish physicist and chemist
  2. 1805
    Hans Christian Andersen born
    Danish writer and poet
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #373 among boys, with 21 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1885
    Peak, #290
    33 babies named Hans, its best rank.
  5. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #509.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from German.
Namesakes
  • Hans Christian Andersen · Danish writer and poet, 1805–1875
  • Hans Christian Ørsted · Danish physicist and chemist, 1777–1851
  • Hans Bethe · German-American nuclear physicist, 1906–2005
  • Hans Zimmer · German film composer, born 1957
  • Hans Holbein the Younger · German artist and printmaker, 1497–1543

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.