Hanen
given name · Arabic · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Hanen is a given name, most frequently recorded in Tunisia, where it is the 7th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Arabic and French, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: from Middle High German: probably from a house name, zem hanen ‘at the sign of the rooster’ (see Hahn).
- TNTunisia1 in 312◐
- SYSyria1 in 2.9K
- EGEgypt1 in 9.5K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈122 ●
- Sources
- 154 ●
- 1 in 138K ◐
across 5 countries
33K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Haenen in BE Belgium, NL Netherlands, AU Australia and 3 more and Han-En in TW Taiwan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
from Middle High German: probably from a house name, zem hanen ‘at the sign of the rooster’ (see Hahn).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN Tunisia | #7 | 12,745 | 4.1K rec. | — | 1.7K | Hanen | 50 |
| SY Syria | #329 | 11,602 | 12K rec. | — | — | Hanen | 10 |
| FR France | — | 5,753 | 4.3K rec. | — | 380 | Hanen | 154 |
| EG Egypt | #931 | 4,120 | 1.4K rec. | — | — | Hanen | 26 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 3,666 | 3.8K rec. | — | — | Hanen | 11 |
| BE Belgium | — | 2,408 | 519 rec. | — | 614 | Haenen | 28 |
| US United States | — | 450 | 2.8K rec. | — | 241 | Hanen | 130 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | 365 | 105 rec. | — | — | Hanen | 37 |
| IQ Iraq | — | 293 | 346 rec. | — | — | Hanen | 15 |
| DE Germany | — | 263 | 377 rec. | — | 1 | Hanen | 37 |
| DZ Algeria | — | 248 | 320 rec. | — | — | Hanen | 10 |
| LY Libya | #609 | 158 | 179 rec. | — | — | Hanen | 8 |
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Languages●
- Arabic22K51%
- French5.8K14%
- Turkish5.4K13%
- English5.2K12%
- Spanish3871%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | 21,639 | 51% |
| French | 5,784 | 14% |
| Turkish | 5,392 | 13% |
| English | 5,157 | 12% |
| Spanish | 387 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Hanen is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
unexplained. Possibly a variant of Irish Hannan.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In goh, genitive/dative singular of hano
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Danish, definite singular of hane
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Dutch, plural of haan
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 11 |
| 2004 | 13 |
| 2005 | 14 |
| 2006 | 18 |
| 2007 | 18 |
| 2008 | 21 |
| 2009 | 24 |
| 2010 | 24 |
| 2011 | 27 |
| 2012 | 30 |
| 2013 | 31 |
| 2014 | 40 |
| 2015 | 48 |
| 2016 | 61 |
| 2017 | 70 |
| 2018 | 74 |
| 2019 | 77 |
| 2020 | 75 |
SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 18 years between 2003–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Pietari Hannikainenb. 1813FInot in their usual nameFinnish writer (1813–1899)
- Marsha Hanenb. 1936CACanadian academic (1936-2019)
- Andrew S. Hanenb. 1953USUnited States federal judge
- Tom Hanénb. 1969FIFinnish admiral
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 36 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN Tunisia | INS Tunisia — Les prénoms des nouveau-nés les plus populaires (2022) | 1980 | 4.2K | #1 |
| TN Tunisia | INS Tunisia — Les prénoms des nouveau-nés les plus populaires (2022) | 1990 | 1.7K | #5 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1996 | 380 | #1,730 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 241 | #74,675 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 239 | #79,598 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 232 | #86,457 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 82 | #22,190 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 77 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 75 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 74 | #10,434 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 74 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 70 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 91 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Hanen?
- We estimate roughly 122 people bear Hanen (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.
- In which country does Hanen have the most bearers?
- Hanen is most frequently recorded in Tunisia, where it is most often spelled hanen.
- How common is Hanen compared with other names?
- In Tunisia, Hanen is the 7th most common given name of 13,955 given names recorded there.
- Is Hanen a male or female name?
- Hanen is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Hanen mean?
- Recorded meaning: from Middle High German: probably from a house name, zem hanen ‘at the sign of the rooster’ (see Hahn).
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hanen” — the 7th most common given name in Tunisia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.