Hank

Diminutive of Henry, German

"estate ruler"

Hank Origin and Meaning

Variation of Henry

Hank Rank in US Top 1000

# 425 in the US

Hank Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 482 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Hank

• 425 US 2024
• 482 Nameberry 2025
• 270 Future 2028
• 29 Dogs 2023
• 98 Cats 2022

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Famous People Named Hank

• Hiram King "Hank" Williams American country music singer
• (Randall) Hank Williams Jr. American country music singer; son of Hank Williams
• (Shelton) Hank Williams III American country music singer; grandson of Hank Williams
• Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron American baseball player
• Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria American actor
• Henry Randall "Hank" Baskett American football player
• Henry Albert "Hank" Bauer American baseball player
• William Henry "Hank" Green American YouTuber and educator
• Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg American baseball player
• Henry "Hank" Randall Baskett IV (b. 2009) son of model Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett
• Hank Roddick (b. 2015) son of tennis player Andy Roddick and actress Brooklyn Decker
• Levi Hank Gilbert Adler (b. 2004), son of actress Sara Gilbert

The name Hank in Pop Culture

• Hank Hill main character in cartoon "King of the Hill"
• Henry "Hank" Palmer Robert Downey Jr.'s character in The Judge (2014 film)
• Hank Griffin character on TV series "Grimm"
• Hank Lawson saloonkeeper on TV series "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
• Hank Schrader character on TV series "Breaking Bad"
• Hank Moody main character from TV series "Californication"
• Henry Allen 'Hank' Venture main character of "The Venture Bros."
• Hank Voight character on TV's "Chicago PD"
• Hank Goddard character in "The Sims 3" computer game
• Hank Asher character on TV's "The Family"
• Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym aka Ant Man, character in the movie "Ant,Man"
• Hank Henshaw aka J'onn J'onnz aka Martian Manhunter character on TV's "Supergirl"
• Hank Booth grandfather of TV character Seeley Booth on Bones
• Hank Booth son of Seeley Booth and Temperence Brennan from the TV series "Bones"
• Hank (Henry) Zipzer protagonist of the children's TV and book series of the same name
• Hank octopus in Pixar's "Finding Dory"
• Hank Anderson character in the game "Detroit: Become Human"