Given name & surname · also Polish

Hanko

Hanko is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Czech. It is used in English and Slovak.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Hanko comes from Polish, and ultimately from Czech.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Polish Hanko, from Czech Hanko.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Hanko’s family of names

In English usage, Hanko as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Swedish form Hangö. In English usage, Hanko as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Гангут. In Ukrainian usage, Hanko as a surname is a transliteration of Ханко.

Walk Hanko’s family in the name graph

HankoХанкоHangöГангут

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Hanko has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Czech roots to each of them.

Czech

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 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Hanko, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Czech

Hanak

Hanak is a surname from Czech.

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Czech

Hanzlik

Hanzlik is a surname from Czech.

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Czech

Haber

“hornbeam”

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Czech

Hajek

Hajek is a surname from Czech.

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Czech

Hadzik

Hadzik is a surname from Czech. It is used in Polish.

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Slovak

Hawran

Hawran is a surname from Czech, ultimately from Slovak. It is used in Polish.

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Czech

Harvat

Harvat is a surname from Czech.

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Polish

Hajduk

Hajduk is a surname from Polish.

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Sibling ideas

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

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