Surname · also German
Hanf
Hanf is a surname from Middle High German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in German.
Original GermanHunnef
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Hanf comes from Middle High German, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle High German hanef, from Old High German hanaf, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Hanf’s family of names
In German usage, Hanf as a surname shares a linguistic root with the English form HEMP. In German usage, Hanf as a surname has a related form in Hunnef.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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