Hank is a male given name. It may have been inspired by the Dutch name Henk,[ The Origins of 10 Nicknames, Mentalfloss] itself a short form of Hendrik and thus related to Harry, Harvey, and Henry.
Given name or nickname
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Hank Aaron (1934-2021), American baseball player
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Hank Aguirre (1931–1994), American baseball player
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Hank Allen (1940–2024), American baseball player
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Hank Anderson (1920–2005), American college basketball coach and player
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Hank Azaria (born 1964), American actor and producer
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Hank Bachmeier (born 1999), American football player
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Hank Ballard (1927–2003), American singer
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Hank Bauer (1922–2007), American baseball player and manager
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Hank Bauer (born 1954), American football player and sportscaster
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Hank Biasatti (1922–1996), Italian-Canadian baseball and basketball player
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Hank Blalock (born 1980), American baseball player
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Hank Borowy (1916–2004), American baseball player
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Hank Brown (born 1940), American politician
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Hank Brown (born 2005), American football player
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Hank Burnine (1932–2020), American football player
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Hank Earl Carr (1968–1998), American murderer
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Hank Cochran (1935–2010), American country music singer and songwriter
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Hank Conger (born 1988), American baseball player
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Harry Feldman (1919–1962), American baseball player
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Hank Garland (1930–2004), American guitarist and songwriter
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Hank Garrett (born 1931), American actor
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Hank Garrity (1900–1972), American sports player and coach
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Hank Garrity (1908–1962), American baseball player
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Hank Gathers (1967–1990), American basketball player
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Hank Green (born 1980), American vlogger and entrepreneur
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Hank Goldup (1918–2008), Canadian ice hockey player
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Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), American baseball player
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Hank Hanegraaff (born 1950), American writer and radio host
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Hank Haney (born 1955), American professional golf instructor
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Hank Heifetz (born 1935), American poet
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Henry Iba (1904–1993), American basketball player and coach
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Hank Johnson (born 1954), American politician
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Hank Johnson (1906–1982), American baseball player
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Hank Jones (1918–2010), American jazz pianist and bandleader
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Hank Ketcham (1920–2001), American cartoonist
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Hank Ketcham (1891–1986), American football player
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Hank Kuehne (born 1975), American golfer
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Hank Locklin (1918–2009), American country music singer-songwriter
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Hank Luisetti (1916–2002), American basketball player
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Hank Lundy (born 1984), American boxer
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Hank Majeski (1916–1991), American baseball player
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Hank Marvin (born 1941), English musician
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Hank Mobley (1930–1986), American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Hank Norberg (1920–1974), American football player
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Hank Nowak (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey player
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Hank O'Day (1859–1935), American baseball player, manager, and umpire
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Hank Patterson (1888–1975), American actor and musician
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Henry Paulson (born 1946), American investment banker and financier
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Hank Pfister (born 1953), American tennis player
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Henry H. "Hank" Price (1915–2002), American politician
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Hank J. Ratner (born 1959), American executive
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Hank Sauer (1917–2001), American baseball player
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Hank Schyma (born 1982), American musical artist and storm chaser
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Henrik Sedin (born 1980), Swedish ice hockey player
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Hank Smith, American animator
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Hank Smith (1934–2002), Canadian music singer
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Hank A. Smith (1893–1985), American football player
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Hank Snow (1914–1999), Canadian-American musician and songwriter
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Hank Stackpole (1935–2020), United States Marine Corps lieutenant general
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Hank Steinbrecher (1947–2025), American soccer executive, player, and coach
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Hank Steinbrenner (1957–2020), American baseball executive
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Hank Stram (1923–2005), American football coach
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Hank Sullivant (born 1983), American musician
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Hank Thomas (born 1941), American civil rights activist and entrepreneur
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Hank Willis Thomas (born 1976), American artist
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Hank Thompson (1925–1969), American baseball player
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Hank Thompson (1925–2007), American country music singer-songwriter
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Hank Wangford (born 1940), English musician and psychiatrist
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Hank Williams (1923–1953), American singer, songwriter and musician
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Hank Williams Jr. (born 1949), American country music singer, songwriter and musician
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Hank Williams III (born 1972), American musician and singer
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Hank Worden (1901–1992), American actor
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Hank von Hell (1972–2021), Norwegian singer
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Henrik Zetterberg (born 1980), Swedish ice hockey player
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Henrik Lundqvist (born 1982) Swedish ice hockey player
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Hank (dog), a dog rescued by the Milwaukee Brewers named after Hank Aaron
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Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, a nickname of entertainer Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr.
Surname
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Carlos Hank González (1927–2001), Mexican politician and businessman
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Carlos Hank González (born 1971), Mexican businessman
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Carlos Hank Guerreiro (born 2000), Mexican equestrian
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Carlos Hank Rhon, Mexican businessman
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Jorge Hank Rhon (born 1956), Mexican businessman and politician
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Tigre Hank (born 1991), Mexican tennis player
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William Hank (1902–1942), World War II US Navy officer
Fictional characters
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Hank, the main villain in
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Hank Anderson, a character in the game
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Hank Dearborn, protagonist of the 1965 TV series Hank
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Hank Gannon, from the soap opera One Life to Live
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Hank Hall, a DC Comics character
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Hank Henshaw, DC Comics villain
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Hank Thunderman, from the TV show The Thundermans
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Hank, from the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen
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Hank Hill, protagonist of the animated TV series King of the Hill
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Hank Janson, fictional character and a pseudonym for a character Stephen Daniel Frances's books
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Hank Jennings, from the TV show Twin Peaks
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Hank Landry, a fictional character in Stargate SG-1
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Hank Landry, a fictional character in Veronica Mars
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Hank Lawson, protagonist of TV series Royal Pains
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Hank McCoy, a superhero, The Beast, from the Marvel comic series "X-Men"
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Hank Moody, protagonist of the TV series Californication
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Hank Morgan, the Yankee in Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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Hank Murphy, a character on Sealab 2021
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Hank "Halloween" Murphy, a character in the Cars film series, see List of Cars characters
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Hank Murphy, a character in the 1994 film Angels in the Outfield
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Hank Pym (aka Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket), fictional character in the Marvel Universe
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Hank Rearden, a central character in the novel Atlas Shrugged
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Hank Schrader, from the TV show Breaking Bad
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Hank Venture, fictional character in The Venture Bros.
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Hank Voight, police sergeant in Chicago P.D.
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Hank Zipzer, fictional character from the TV series Hank Zipzer
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Talking Hank, one of the main characters of Talking Tom and Friends
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Hank, main character in the Hank the Cowdog series of children's novels
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Hank, one of the two beavers in Pajanimals
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Hank, a giant Pacific octopus with a missing tentacle in the 2016 Disney/Pixar animated film Finding Dory
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Hank the American Engine, one of the characters in the twelfth series of Thomas and Friends
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Hank, the younger half brother of the titular character in The Bed and Breakfast Star by Jacqueline Wilson
See also