Hannes
Hannes is a name with multiple cultural origins: German, Swedish, Dutch, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian.
- German
- Swedish
- Dutch
- Icelandic
Meaning & Origin of Hannes
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hannes is a name with multiple cultural origins: German, Swedish, Dutch, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Swedish
- Dutch
- Icelandic
- Finnish
- Estonian
The Story of Hannes
Hannes first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2003, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2011: 7 births, good for #9,599 nationwide. About 73% of every Hannes on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Hannes last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 37 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Hannes
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Hannes. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Hannes
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Hannes
Hannes is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2003 and has accumulated 37 births in the dataset. Hannes's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #9,599. Use the chart and map above to compare Hannes's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.