Meaning and origin
Hans is a Scandinavian boy name. The meaning of the name is `God is Gracious `.
Where is it used? The name Hans is mainly used in German, Dutch and in Danish.
It is an abbreviated form of Johanna, used in German, Scandinavian, Dutch and in Hungarian. Johannes, used in German, Dutch, Scandinavian and in Late Roman.
How do they say it elsewhere? John (In English and in the bible)
Hans doesn`t appear in 2007`s top-1000 name list. The last time Hans appeared in the top-1000 was 9 years ago, in 1999. It ranked #951 in that year. . 1880 was a `top year` for the name Hans. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #376. Our records go back to 1880