Given name · also German

Ånsă

Ånsă is a masculine given name from Middle Low German, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Polabian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ånsă comes from Middle Low German, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Polabian usage, Ånsă developed from Ἰωάννης.

Ånsă’s family of names

In Polabian usage, Ånsă developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἰωάννης. In Polabian usage, Ånsă has a conventional equivalent in the English form John. In Polabian usage, Ånsă has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Jan.

Walk Ånsă’s family in the name graph

ÅnsăAnsaJohnJanἸωάννης

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Ånsă has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.

Biblical Hebrew

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

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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Sibling ideas

Names that share Ånsă’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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