Hannele

Finnish Etymology Borrowed in early 20th century from fi de Hannele, a pet form of de Johanna. The play Hannele by Gerhart Hauptmann was translated into Finnish in 1918. Pronunciation Proper noun fi: fi female 1918 Eino Kalima, Hannele, WSOY (translation of Gerhart Hauptmann's Hanneles Himmelfahrt), page 67: fi Ah, onpa hän kaunis! Kukas hän on? Matternin Hanneleko? Matternin Hannele? Sitä en usko. Oh, how beautiful is she! Who is she? Hannele Mattern? Hannele Mattern? I cannot believe that. fi 1988 Tytti Seessalo Mutku Arthouse 951-96135-8-7 141 ―Äiti! tuhahdan ja se ärtyilee miksen voi sanoa sitä "Hanneleksi", mutta mä en voi. Hanneleita on maailma piukassa, mutta mulla on vaan yks äiti, mamma. Mä olen joskus kellinyt mun äidin vatsassa ja muut Hannelet saa olla miten lystää. ―Mom! I snort out and she replies annoyedly why I cannot call her "Hannele, but I can't. The world is full of Hanneles, but I've only got one mom. I had at one time been in her womb and the other Hanneles can live their own lives. Usage notes Popular in Finland from the 1950s to the 1970s, particularly as a middle name. Declension Hannel a Statistics dvv_20250813 3775 81189 174 References