Meaning and Origin
What does the name Han mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Han
User Submitted Origins
Chinese
37%
Vietnamese
34%
German
15%
Korean
11%
Turkish
3%
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from India says the name Han means "The best way English can describe Han is that it's an emotion that is a form of resentment and hatred. The word comes from the Chinese Character (Han) which means resentment, hatred, or regret".
- A user from Canada says the name Han is of Korean origin and means "The name of Han Dynasty in the old Korean-Chinese Kingdom, existed in the Northern Part of the present main-land China, above the Peking, near-above the present Yaotung Peninsula., which belonged to the Ancient Cho son(Ko-Cho Son, Korea's pre-historic name)".
- According to a user from Vietnam, the name Han means "Joy".
- A user from Turkey says the name Han is of Turkish origin and means "Khan which is Turkic synonym of King".
- A user from Virginia, U.S. says the name Han is of Chinese origin and means "People. Mankind".
- A user from Georgia, U.S. says the name Han is of Vietnamese origin and means "Delight, joyfulness, happiness".
- A user from Texas, U.S. says the name Han is of German origin and means "Han han as a boy's name has the meaning 'God is gracious' and is a variant of Hans (Scandinavian, German, Danish, Hebrew): variant of John. The meaning of the name Hans is: Gift from God. God has been gracious. German variant of the Hebrew name John. The name Han is a German baby name. In German the meaning of the name Han is: Gift from God".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Han
To have; have.
Etymology: contr. (inf. & plural pres.) of Haven.
Other Dictionary Sources
- Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
Wiktionary
From Mandarin 漢／汉 (hàn), from the dynasty founder Liu Bang's short-lived realm in Sichuan and Shaanxi among China's Eighteen Kingdoms, named for the Qin Empire's Hanzhong Commandery, headquartered at a city which also became known as Hanzhong
- An imperial Chinese dynasty, ruling (with interruptions) from 206 BC to AD 220, marked by the expansion of the Yellow River's Huaxia culture to the recent conquests of the Qin and a flowering of economic, literary, and scientific development
- The Chinese ethnicity, when distinguished from other peoples of the Chinese state
From Mandarin 韓／韩 (hán), an ancient Chinese placename
- An ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty and the Qin–Han interregnum
- The realm of this former state under other rulers
- (astronomy) The star Zeta Ophiuchi in traditional Chinese astronomy, named for this state
- A surname.
Han was also found in the following language(s): Plautdietsch and Turkish