The first name Hanns

In 1969, 5 boys born in the United States were named Hanns, the 4,643rd most popular boys’ name that year.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Hanns Eisler
  Austrian and German composer (1898–1962)
• Hanns Heinz Ewers
  German actor and writer (1871–1943)
• Hanns Martin Schleyer
  German manager and president of industry association, former SS officer and Nazi party mem, 1915–1977
• Hanns Albin Rauter
  German general (1895-1949)
• Hanns Braun
  German athlete and sculptor (1886–1918)
• Hanns Sachs
  Austrian psychoanalyst (1881-1947)
• Hanns Kilian
  Bobsledder (1905–1981)
• Hanns Zischler
  German actor, writer and dramaturge (born 1947)
• Hanns Lothar
  Actor (1929-1967)
• Hanns Bruno Geinitz
  German geologist, mineralogist and palaeontologist (1814–1900)
• Hanns Jana
  German fencer, born 1952
• Hanns Ludin
  German officer in the Reichswehr and politician (NSDAP), MdR, convicted war criminal (1905

• Frederick
• Friedrich
• Hans
• Otto
• Wilhelm
• Heinrich
• Ludwig
• Hermann
• Leonard
• Wolfgang
• Kurt
• Fritz
• Leopold
• Gunther
• Dirk
• Manfred

All 62 names of German origin

What is the origin of the name Hanns?

Hanns comes from German.

When was Hanns most popular?

1969 in the United States, when 5 babies were named Hanns, its highest rank at 4,643rd.

What name is Hanns a form of?

Hanns is a form of Hans.