Worldwide, Hannover (Hannover 
) is a very rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely female given name. The first name Hannover is habitual in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare male name, Peru, where it is a very rare mostly masculine, but infrequently feminine name, and Colombia, where it is a very rare masculine name. More frequently, Hannover is the last name as well as the forename.