Given name & surname
Hanns
“God is gracious”
Hanns is a variant of Hans. In Scandinavian use, Hans carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Original GermanHans
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hanns is a variant of Hans. In Scandinavian use, Hans carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hanns is a form of Hans. Hans comes from German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hanns through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1969. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 137 as a first name in 2020; 265 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.
Hanns’s family of names
Hanns has a related form in Hans. In German usage, Hanns has a related form in Hans. In German usage, Hanns has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 傑克.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 59
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- Johnequivalent
- Ianequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- Evanequivalent
- Juanequivalent
- Ivanequivalent
- Gianniequivalent
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- Johnnyequivalent
- Seanequivalent
- Johanequivalent
- Joanequivalent
- Jeanequivalent
- Gianequivalent
- Jonequivalent
- Joaoequivalent
- Giannisequivalent
- Johannesequivalent
- Janequivalent
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Yanniequivalent
- Yiannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yvanequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Giovanequivalent
- Jehanequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Hannesequivalent
- Iwanequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Янкаequivalent
- Johannèsequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
- Jankaequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
- Иоаннequivalent
- Ivánequivalent
- 傑克Chinese
- Yankaequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ioannesequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Jóhanequivalent
- Joãoequivalent
- Xoánequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Ioannequivalent
- Joannesequivalent
- Giuànequivalent
- Jónequivalent
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Hanns
- Hanns EislerAustrian and German composer (1898–1962)
- Hanns Heinz EwersGerman actor and writer (1871–1943)
- Hanns JohstGerman poet and playwright (1890–1978)
- Hanns Albin RauterGerman general (1895-1949)
- Hanns HörbigerAustrian inventor and scientist (1860-1931)
- Hanns KrälyGerman actor (1884-1950)
- Hanns BraunGerman athlete and sculptor (1886–1918)
- Hanns Kilianbobsledder (1905–1981)
- Hanns ZischlerGerman actor, writer and dramaturge (born 1947)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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