Hank was originally a short form of Hankin, a medieval diminutive of John. In the U.S., it is used as a diminutive of Henry, probably due to the influence of the Dutch diminutive Henk.
Hank is a male first name.
The name Hank isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Hank ranks 478. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 3 were named Hank. In the entire USA, approximately 10,343 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Hank. That is 0.00 % of all living Americans.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter H is not particularly common as a first letter for boys' names: only 2.9% of all common boys' names in the US begin with an H. The most common first letters for boys' names are J and A, while X and U are the least common first letters of boys' names.
With four letters, the name Hank is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
This means that if 2.9% of all boys' names begin with an H, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are of course some names that begin with H and are extremely popular, for example Henry, currently the most common boys’ name with H.
If your name is Hank and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Hank, you can simply say:
Hat
Apple
Nut
Koala
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Hank
Hank
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
H
A
N
K
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
H
A
N
K
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Hank sounds like this:
