Given name · also German
Åns
Åns is a masculine given name from Middle Low German, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Polabian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Åns comes from Middle Low German, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Polabian usage, Åns developed from Ἰωάννης.
Åns’s family of names
In Polabian usage, Åns has a diminutive in Ånskă. In Polabian usage, Åns developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἰωάννης. In Polabian usage, Åns has a conventional equivalent in the English form John.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Åns has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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