Hanka

given name · Latin script

Meaning: from a pet form of the personal name Johan (see John)

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Hanka is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 30K(measured from records)
  • XKKosovo≈1 in 12K
  • SISlovenia1 in 32K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

1,134 people, 2026

Sources
48 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Kosovo, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from a pet form of the personal name Johan (see John).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hanka counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hanka is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland—1,1341 in 34K1.1KHanka34
CZ Czechia#2473601 in 30K360Hanka48
XK Kosovo—≈160 est.≈1 in 12K107——
US United States—1161 in 2.9M250Hanka23
SK Slovakia—≈110 est.≈1 in 49K8Hanka25
SI Slovenia—651 in 32K67——

1,134 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hanka is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, United States, Serbia

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

    Also written Ханка, Khanka

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Hãnkã

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary

    Also written Hánka

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Haňka, Hánka

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Hanka is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, mit slaw. -ka suffigiert; 173 Träger; patronymisch zu einer Kurzform von Johannes

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

  • In German, weibl. Vom., polnische oder tsche­ chische Koseform von

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • unexplained.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In zlw-ocs, a diminutive of the female given names Hana or Anna

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Finnish, fork (of a tree and its branch, etc.)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Hanna Ralph, b. 1888Hannah Elisabeth Pick-Goslar, b. 1928Hanna Schygulla, b. 1943Hanna Suchocka, b. 1946Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, b. 1952Hanna Laslo, b. 1953Hanna Azoulay Hasfari, b. 1960Hanna Pakarinen, b. 1981Hanna R. Hall, b. 1984Hanna Glas, b. 1993
  • Hanna Ralphb. 1888DEnot in their usual nameGerman actress (1888-1978)
  • Hannah Elisabeth Pick-Goslarb. 1928DEnot in their usual namefue la mejor amiga de Anelis Marie Frank mas conocida como Ana frank (1928–2022)
  • Hanna Schygullab. 1943DEnot in their usual nameGerman actress and chanson singer (born 1943)
  • Hanna Suchockab. 1946PLnot in their usual namePolish political figure, Prime Minister of Poland
  • Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltzb. 1952PLnot in their usual namePolish politician
  • Hanna Laslob. 1953ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli actress and comedian
  • Hanna Azoulay Hasfarib. 1960ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli actor and screenwriter
  • Hanna Pakarinenb. 1981FInot in their usual nameFinnish pop and rock singer
  • Hanna R. Hallb. 1984USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
  • Hanna Glasb. 1993SEnot in their usual nameSwedish association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 46 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Hanka
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010250#76,768
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000234#76,465
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020231#86,747
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—198#8,557
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—196#5,658
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202660—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—60#44,169
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202659—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—59#44,180
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)19958—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 8

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hanka mean, and where does it come from?
from a pet form of the personal name Johan (see John). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
Is Hanka a male or female name?
Hanka is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Hanka have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Hanka, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hanka.
How common is the name Hanka?
In Poland, the national register counted 1,134 people named Hanka in 2026, about 1 in 34 thousand residents.
How common is Hanka compared with other names?
In Czechia, Hanka is the 247th most common given name of 16,679 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hanka” — the 247th most common given name in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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