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Hannes
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hannes hännes haͤnnes
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male, short form of Johannes
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun m
fo male
Usage notes
m Hannesson Hannesarson Hannesdóttir Hannesardóttir
Declension
Hannes Hannes Hannesi Hannesar, Hannes
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of fi Johannes, probably via fi gml -.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male Johannes la-lat:Iōhannēs < grc-koi:Ἰωάννης < hbo:יוֹחָנָן <tr:Yôḥānān><t:God is gracious> Hannu
Declension
Hanne a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 1771 1790 266
References
German
Pronunciation
de De-Hannes.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun m
de male Johannes
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
hrx Schwong
hrx Johannes
hrx Hans
Pronunciation
hrx /ˈhanəs/
hrx Han nes
Proper noun
m
hrx male Johannes Johnny
Icelandic
Proper noun
@@
is male
Declension
m,ar
Norwegian Bokmål
Hannes,no:Hannes
Etymology
nb de Hannes, a short form of de Johannes John, ultimately from nb la-lat Iōhannēs, a variant of nb la Iōannēs, from nb grc-koi Ἰωάννης Iōánnēs, from nb hbo יוֹחָנָן Yôḥānān Yahweh is gracious. In Norwegian, nb Hannes has also historically been used as an older form of nb Hans.
nb Hans Johannes.
Compare da Hannes, sv Hannes, de Hannes, fi Hannes, is Hannes and fo Hannes male given name.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈhanːəs/
nb anːəs 2
nb Han nes
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb male German Johannes John, historically also an older form of nb Hans
Usage notes
nb Hannes is documented in Norway from the Middle Ages and has traditionally been especially associated with Rogaland.
Traditional Norwegian patronymics formed from nb Hannes include:
nb Hannessen, nb Hannesen — “son of Hannes”
nb Hannesdatter — “daughter of Hannes”
Related terms
nb Hannesen patronymic surname
nb Hannessen patronymic surname
nb Hannesdatter traditional patronymic
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, 88 men in Norway had nb Hannes as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.“Navn”, Statistics Norway.
References
“Hannes – mannsnamn” in Store norske leksikon.
“Hannes” at Nordic Names.
Kristoffer Kruken and Ola Stemshaug (2013), Norsk personnamnleksikon, 3rd edition, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 9788252173680.
Hannes
Hannes no
Anagrams
nb hanens
Swedish
Proper noun
c
sv male, short form of Johannes
Anagrams
sv aehnns hanens