Hans

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Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Old Danish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese
Greenlandic

Origin and Meaning

German short form of Johannes ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[11]

Related Names

Aansi	♂
Ãnse	♂
Haansi	♂
Hanns	♂
Hannß	♂
Hans	♂
Hánsa	♂
Hanse	♂
Hãnse	♂
Hansi	♂
Hanski	♂
Hanss	♂
Hanssi	♂
Hansß	♂
Hansu	♂
Hensar	♂

See also Hampe, Hanke, Hanno, Hanseraq, Hansinnguaq, Hasse
For female forms see Handine, Hansa, Hansina, Hansmine, Hanttu

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Hansen
Hansén
Hanson
Hanssen
Hansson

Female

Hansdatter
Hansdotter
Hansdóttir

Combinations

For combinations see HANS (name element)

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Hans
Genitive:	Hans'

- Faroese
Nominative:	Hans
Accusative:	Hans
Dative:	Hansi
Genitive:	Hans

- Finnish
Nominative:	Hans
Genitive:	Hansin
Partitive:	Hansia

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Hans
Accusative:	Hans
Dative:	Hans
Genitive:	Hans

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Hans
Genitive:	Hans'

- Swedish
Nominative:	Hans
Genitive:	Hans' / Hans

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

24 June

Finland Finland

27 December

Norway Norway

24 June

Finland (Swedish Language)

27 December

Sweden Sweden

29 August

Further Information

Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name ^[12]
Iceland: Officially approved as a given name ^[13]
Sweden: The reason for its appearance as a female name in the statistics is that it is used as a Farm Name in Dalarna

Earliest Documented Usage

Denmark:
- 14th century ^[4]
- A name mentioned in Danmarks gamle Folkeviser
Sweden:
- 1356 ^[2]
Norway:
- ca 1360 ^[6]

Strongest Period of Usage

Norway:
- 1900-1905 ^[9]
Denmark:
- Top 1 in the 17th century in Sjælland and in Fyn and in Sydvestjylland and in Nakskov ^[11]
- Top 2 in the 17th century in København ^[11]
- -1910 ^[4]
- 1940-1950 ^[4]
Sweden:
- 1930- ^[14]

Predominant Regional Usage

Denmark:
- Sønderjylland ^[4]
- Lolland-Falster ^[4]
Norway:
- Sør-Austlandet (in the Middle Ages) ^[6]
Sweden:
- Stockholm (20th century) ^[7]
- Hälsingland (19th century) see map ^[15]
- Härjedalen (19th century) see map ^[15]
- Skåne (19th century) see map ^[15]
- Dalarna (19th century) see map ^[15]
- Bohuslän (19th century) see map ^[15]
- Gotland (19th century) see map ^[15]
- Östsverige ^[14]
- Dalarna ^[14]

Namesakes

Hans (né Johannes; 2 February 1455 – 20 February 1513), King of Denmark (1481–1513), Norway (1483–1513), and, as Johan II, of Sweden (1497–1501) in the Kalmar Union, and also Duke of Schleswig and Holstein
Hans Jákupsson Debes (1723–1769), Faroese lawyer, Faroese løgmaður (1752-1769)
Hans Järta (originally Hans Hierta, 11 February 1774 - 6 April 1847), Swedish administrator and revolutionary
Hans Christian Ørsted (14 August 1777 – 9 March 1851), Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields
Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875), Danish author and poet
Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin (15 February 1873 – 6 November 1964), German-born Swedish biochemist and Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1929)
Hans Rosander (5 January 1937 – 12 September 2016), Swedish football player
Hans Gösta Rosling (27 July 1948 – 7 February 2017), Swedish physician, academic, statistician and public speaker
Hans Enoksen (born 7 August 1956), Greenlandic politician, Prime Minister of Greenland (2002-2009).
Hans Gerhard Magnus Rosenfeldt (né Petersson, born 13 July 1964), Swedish screenwriter, radio presenter, novelist and actor

Trivia

Sweden: In January 1973, 110,539 people were named Hans (percentage of first or only given name: 93 %) ^[14]

Hans is also used as an Icelandic horse name

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[16]	45267	115739	5	41	45262	115698
Denmark^[17]	30319	n.a.	0	n.a.	30319	n.a.
Finland^[18]	n.a.	6972	0	0	n.a.	6972
Greenland^[19]	878	2195	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Iceland^[20]	148	217	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway^[21]	20548	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	20548	n.a.
^#: count of main first name only
^&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Hans (m) Sources: ^[16]^[17]^[21]^[18]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Hans (m) Sources: ^[22]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Hans (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Hans (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Hans (m)

References

↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (2015)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
↑ Märit Frändén: Svenska kyrkan och det samiska namnskicket (2016)
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Navnemode og modenavne (1993)
↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 ^15.3 ^15.4 ^15.5 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ details see Name Statistic tables

[dah-1] Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)

[ott-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[sei1-3] Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)

[mel-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)

[blo-5] Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)

[nper-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[bry-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[aqq-8] Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (2015)

[alh-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)

[fr.C3.A4-10] Märit Frändén: Svenska kyrkan och det samiska namnskicket (2016)

[mod-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Navnemode og modenavne (1993)

[fmn.fo-12] Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)

[island.is-13] Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is

[all-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)

[nn1-15] 15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 ^15.3 ^15.4 ^15.5 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)

[scb.se-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[dst.dk-17] 17.0 ^17.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[vrf.fi-18] 18.0 ^18.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[stat.gl-19] Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/

[hag.is-20] Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/

[ssb.no-21] 21.0 ^21.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

[22] tails see Name Statistic tables

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