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Meaning & Origins
Originally a medieval back-formation from Hankin, which is composed of Han (a short form of Jehan John) + the Middle English diminutive suffix -kin. However, the suffix was mistaken for the Anglo-Norman diminutive -in, hence the form Hank. Hank is now sometimes used as an independent given name in North America, where it is usually taken as a pet form of Henry. It has more or less died out in Britain.
| 1,565th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Dutch: apparently from swart ‘black’ + hout ‘wood’.
| 15,134th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Hanks, Hanka, Hanke, Hans, Hanko, Hankyu, Hanki, Hankey, Hanky, Hankie
Swartz, Swart, Swarts, Swartzentruber, Swartwood, Swartout, Sward, Swartzendruber, Swartzlander, Swartley
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