Given name & surname
Hande
“a woman with an infectious smile”
Hande is used as a given name and a surname. One Turkish interpretation is “a woman with an infectious smile.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Turkish interpretation is “a woman with an infectious smile.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Turkish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2024. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hande through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13
- 0 boys · 13 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,738 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,738 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 205 as a first name in 2020; 251 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hande
- Hande ErçelTurkish actor and fashion model (born 1993)
- Hande KaderTurkish transgender woman1993–2016
- Hande BaladınTurkish volleyball player (born 1997)
- Hande SoralTurkish actor and fashion model (born 1987)
- Hande DoğandemirTurkish actress, sociologist and modelborn 1985
- Hande AtaiziTurkish actor (born 1973)
- Hande SubaşıTurkish actor (born 1984)
- Hande KodjaBelgian actressborn 1984
- Hande FıratTurkish journalist and newscaster (born 1974)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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