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Hans

OriginGerman, Dutch, and Scandinavian, diminutive of Johannes
Meaning"God is gracious"
GenderBoy

About Hans

Variation of Jan

Pronounced hons. 1 syllable.

As of September 2026, Hans ranked #1325 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #291 in 1885.

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Famous Hanss

  • Hans

    Adam I (born Johann Adam Andreas), Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein

  • Hans

    Adam II (born Johannes Adam Ferdinand Alois Josef Maria Marco d'Aviano Pius), Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein

  • Hans Christian Andersen

    Danish children's writer

  • Hans Holbein the Elder and Younger

    German painters

  • Hans Florian Zimmer

    German film composer

  • Hans Matheson

    Scottish actor

  • Hans Albrecht Bethe

    German and American nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner

  • Hans Warren Christie

    Canadian actor

  • Hans Georg Conried

    Jr., American character actor, very active in voice,over roles and comedian

  • Hans Asperger

    discoverer of Asperger's syndrome.

  • Hans von Euler

    Chelpin, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry

  • Hans Fischer

    winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry

  • Hans Spemann

    winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

  • Hans Adolf Krebs

    winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

  • Hans Georg Dehmelt

    winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics

Hans in pop culture

  • "Hans Brinker

    or the Silver Skates," children's book by Mary Mapes Dodge

  • Hans Landa

    character in the movie "Inglourious Basterds"

  • Hans Gruber

    character in the movie "Die Hard"

  • Hans Schielman

    character in the game "The Testament of Sherlock Holmes"

  • Hans Moleman

    character on "The Simpsons"

  • Hans of the Southern Isles

    prince in the Disney movie "Frozen"

  • Hans and Franz

    weightlifting duo in a "Saturday Night Live" sketch

  • Hans Hubermann

    a character in "The Book Thief"

  • Hans Kepler

    character from "Night Trains," by Barbara Wood

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