# Hannu (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hannu/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Hannu

- Hannu Mikkola, Finnish rally driver, winner of the 1983 World Rally Championship for Drivers (1942–2021)
- Hannu Salama, Finnish writer
- Hannu Tihinen, Finnish footballer
- Hannu Manninen, Finnish Nordic combined skier and airline pilot
- Hannu Siitonen, Finnish athletics competitor (born 1949)
- Hannu Patronen, Finnish footballer
- Hannu Lintu, Finnish conductor
- Hannu Taipale, cross-country skier
- Hannu Rajaniemi, Finnish businessman and writer
- Hannu Mäkelä, Finnish writer
- Hannu Rantakari, Finnish artistic gymnast (1939–2018)
- Hannu Turunen, Finnish footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.