Origin and popularity of the name HANN

Origin

Hann : 1: German and Dutch: from a shortened pet form of the personal name Johann (see John).2: English: from the Middle English personal name Hann commonly a pet form of Henry (Middle English Hanry). Hann could also be a rhyming pet form of Randolph (Middle English Randal shortened to Ran or Rand). Han was also a pet form of Joh(a)n in Middle Dutch and it is possible that this usage was brought to England by Flemings after the Norman Conquest but no evidence has yet been found that it was similarly used in Middle English. See Henry and Randall and compare Hankin Hancock and Hanks.3: English: variant of Ann with prosthetic H-.4: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 韩 see Han 1.

Hanner : 1: English and Scottish: perhaps from an agent derivative of Middle English hannen ‘to fight struggle with’.2: German: from a pet form of Hann a short form of Johann (see John).

Henn : 1: English: from the personal name Henn which like Hann was a pet form of Henry. Compare Henkin.2: English: nickname from Middle English hen(ne) ‘hen’ (Old English henn related to hana ‘cock’) for someone thought to resemble a hen in some way or perhaps from Middle English hen ‘poor man rascal’.3: German: from a short form of the personal name Johannes (see John); or a variant of Hein or Heinrich.4: German: variant of Henne 1 and 3.

Hinman : English (Leicestershire):: 1: probably an occupational name for someone who looked after the hens from Middle English hen(ne) ‘hen’ + man ‘man’ though in some instances it may have been used for the servant (Middle English man) of a man called Hann or Henn (see Hann and Henn).2: variant of Inman with prosthetic H-.

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