Hans-Peter
given name · German · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Hans-Peter is a given name, most frequently recorded in Germany. In Switzerland it is the 77th most common given name. It appears chiefly in German and English, written in the Latin script.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1K◐
- DEGermany1 in 1.4K
- ATAustria1 in 3.8K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈591 ●
- Sources
- 156 ●
- 1 in 43K ◐
across 9 countries
88K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Hanspeter in CH Switzerland, US United States, ES Spain and 4 more.
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #263 | 88,088 | 77K rec. | — | — | Hans-Peter | 156 |
| CH Switzerland | #77 | 7,575 | 3.7K rec. | — | 5 | Hanspeter | 82 |
| AT Austria | #470 | 4,315 | 1.4K rec. | — | 438 | Hans-Peter | 80 |
| US United States | — | 1,932 | 1.7K rec. | — | — | Hanspeter | 92 |
| UA Ukraine | — | 434 | 425 rec. | — | — | Hanspeter | 6 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 250 | 162 rec. | — | — | Hans-Peter | 26 |
| SE Sweden | — | 239△ | 95 rec. | 1 in 43K | 239 | Hans-Peter | 22 |
| BE Belgium | — | 221 | 200 rec. | — | — | Hans-Peter | 14 |
| ES Spain | — | 211 | 837 rec. | 1 in 237K | 211 | Hanspeter | 17 |
| AU Australia | — | 185 | 162 rec. | — | 1 | Hans-Peter | 23 |
| NO Norway | — | 127 | 37 rec. | — | 106 | Hans-Peter | 18 |
| IT Italy | — | 110 | 136 rec. | — | — | Hanspeter | 22 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- German89K95%
- English8281%
- Chinese7271%
- Portuguese3361%
- Finnish3241%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| German | 88,699 | 95% |
| English | 828 | 1% |
| Chinese | 727 | 1% |
| Portuguese | 336 | 1% |
| Finnish | 324 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 37 |
| 1985 | 42 |
| 1986 | 41 |
| 1987 | 27 |
| 1988 | 25 |
| 1989 | 34 |
| 1990 | 20 |
| 1991 | 25 |
| 1992 | 37 |
| 1993 | 20 |
| 1994 | 17 |
| 1995 | 15 |
| 1996 | 15 |
| 1997 | 10 |
| 1998 | 12 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 2000 | 9 |
| 2001 | 10 |
| 2002 | 4 |
| 2003 | 7 |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 |
AT Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) — 36 years between 1984–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Hans-Peter Minettib. 1926DEnot in their usual nameGerman actor (1926–2006)
- Hans-Peter Dürrb. 1929DEnot in their usual nameGerman physicist (1929-2014)
- Hans Peter Korffb. 1942DEnot in their usual nameGerman actor
- Hans-Peter Kriegelb. 1948DEnot in their usual nameGerman computer scientist
- Hans-Peter Briegelb. 1955DEnot in their usual nameGerman association football player and manager
- Hans-Peter Friedrichb. 1957DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician (CSU)
- Hans-Peter Martinb. 1957ATnot in their usual nameAustrian journalist and politician
- Hans-Peter Koppeb. 1958DEnot in their usual nameEast German rower
- Hape Kerkelingb. 1964DEnot in their usual nameGerman comedian
- Hans-Peter Pohlb. 1965DEnot in their usual nameGerman Nordic combined skier
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 23 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 438 | #1,263 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 239 | #4,623 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2009 | 217 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2008 | 217 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | 216 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2011 | 216 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2010 | 215 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 212 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | 210 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 206 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 204 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 199 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name 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 · 92 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Hans-Peter?
- We estimate roughly 591 people bear Hans-Peter (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
- In which country does Hans-Peter have the most bearers?
- Hans-Peter is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled Hans-Peter.
- How common is Hans-Peter compared with other names?
- In Germany, Hans-Peter is the 263rd most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.
- Is Hans-Peter a male or female name?
- Hans-Peter is a male 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.
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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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hans-Peter” — the 263rd most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.