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Around the world, Hanks (Hanks , Хэнкс, هانكس) is a rare principally masculine, but very infrequently girly first name. The first name Hanks is characteristic of Taiwan, where it is a rare male name, Nigeria, where it is an extremely rare masculine name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly girly name. More prevalently, Hanks is the last name as well as the forename.
Hanks is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .