Hanne

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Hanan in SY Syria, US United States, EG Egypt and 20 more, ฮานาน in TH Thailand and Ханан in RU Russia.

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●

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Hanne is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German given name46K records spelled Hanne13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, United States

  Languages: German, English, Dutch

  Also written Hanné, Hänne, Hännę, Haenne, Hännễ

• Portuguese given name7.5K records spelled Hanne4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Norway, Spain

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Hanné

• French given name4.6K records spelled Hanne8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, Norway, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Hanné, Hānnè, Hañnę, Hânñë, Hànné

• a separate given name3.3K records spelled Hanne2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Türkiye, Sweden

  Also written Hannę

• Russian given name291 records spelled Hanne7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Belgium, Finland, United States

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Ханне, Khanne

53 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Hanne is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Hanne är en dansk och norsk form av → Hanna och en kortform av Johanne (→ Johanna). Namnet har varit mycket vanligt i Danmark och Norge.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• German: short form of JOHANNA . The name is often used in combinations such as Hannelore .

  as a word

• In German, a diminutive of the female given name Johanne, masculine equivalent Hannes

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Estonian, illative singular of hani

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In cim, color

  as a word·kaikki.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●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 80 years between 1945–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Hanne Brinkmannb. 1895DEGerman actress (1895–1984)
• Hanne Hiobb. 1923DEGerman actress (1923-2009)
• Hanne Wiederb. 1925DEGerman television and film actress (1925-1990)
• Hanne Borchseniusb. 1935DKactress (1935–2012)
• Hanne Darbovenb. 1941DEGerman artist (1941-2009)
• Hanne Kroghb. 1956NONorwegian singer
• Hanne Wolharnb. 1968DEGerman actress
• Hanne Blankb. 1969USHistorian, writer, editor, activist, public speaker. Recent author of Virgin: The Untouched History (2007)
• Hanne Gaby Odieleb. 1988BEBelgian model
• Hanne Desmetb. 1996BEBelgian short track speed skater

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 464 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hanne?

We estimate roughly 64 thousand people bear Hanne (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Hanne have the most bearers?

Hanne is most frequently recorded in Syria, where it is most often spelled hanan.

Where is Hanne most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hanne is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 170 people — even though Syria holds more of our records for it.

How common is Hanne compared with other names?

In Syria, Hanne is the 78th most common given name of 109,868 given names recorded there.

Is Hanne a male or female name?

Hanne 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 Hanne mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name shortened from Johanne (“Jane”)