Hannes
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, short form of Johannes.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Hannes (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Hannes has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 143 |
| 1999 | 171 |
| 2000 | 191 |
| 2001 | 217 |
| 2002 | 196 |
| 2003 | 199 |
| 2004 | 222 |
| 2005 | 228 |
| 2006 | 248 |
| 2007 | 233 |
| 2008 | 172 |
| 2009 | 165 |
| 2010 | 162 |
| 2011 | 157 |
| 2012 | 139 |
| 2013 | 112 |
| 2014 | 129 |
| 2015 | 102 |
| 2016 | 69 |
| 2017 | 85 |
| 2018 | 69 |
| 2019 | 129 |
| 2020 | 101 |
| 2021 | 78 |
| 2022 | 59 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,258 |
| 2000 | 2,446 |
| 2001 | 2,663 |
| 2002 | 2,862 |
| 2003 | 3,066 |
| 2004 | 3,284 |
| 2005 | 3,513 |
| 2006 | 3,772 |
| 2007 | 3,999 |
| 2008 | 4,187 |
| 2009 | 4,353 |
| 2010 | 4,510 |
| 2011 | 4,660 |
| 2012 | 4,797 |
| 2013 | 4,923 |
| 2014 | 5,053 |
| 2015 | 5,146 |
| 2016 | 5,213 |
| 2017 | 5,304 |
| 2018 | 5,377 |
| 2019 | 5,497 |
| 2020 | 5,590 |
Hannes in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hannes.Hi! My name is Hannes.
- Hannes har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Hannes has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Hannes mamma är lärare.Hannes's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Hannes mamma is Hannes's mum. Because Hannes already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Hannes
How do you pronounce Hannes in Swedish?
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What does the name Hannes mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, short form of Johannes.
How popular is Hannes in Sweden?
59 babies were named Hannes in 2022. In 2020, 5,590 people in Sweden had Hannes as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2006 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.