Hans

Where Hans comes from

Borrowed from German Hans (occasionally used in English), a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Hans
  • German
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1777
    Hans Christian Ørsted born
    Danish physicist and chemist
  2. 1805
    Hans Christian Andersen born
    Danish writer and poet
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #373 among boys — 21 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1885
    Peak, #290
    33 babies named Hans — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #509.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from German.
Namesakes
  • Hans Christian Andersen · Danish writer and poet, 1805–1875
  • Hans Christian Ørsted · Danish physicist and chemist, 1777–1851
  • Hans Bethe · German-American nuclear physicist, 1906–2005
  • Hans Zimmer · German film composer, born 1957
  • Hans Holbein the Younger · German artist and printmaker, 1497–1543

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.