Hank is a male given name. It may have been inspired by the Dutch name Henk,[1] itself a short form of Hendrik and thus related to Harry, Harvey, and Henry.
Given name or nickname
edit- Hank Aaron (1934-2021), Hall of Fame baseball player
- Hank Aguirre (1931–1994), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Hank Allen (born 1940), Major League Baseball outfielder
- Hank Anderson (1920–2005), American college basketball coach
- Hank Azaria (born 1964), American actor, director, voice actor and comedian best known for his voice work on The Simpsons
- Hank Bachmeier (born 1999), American football quarterback
- Hank Ballard (1927–2003), American R&B singer and songwriter, born John Henry Kendricks
- Hank Bauer (1922–2007), American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager
- Hank Bauer (American football) (born 1954), National Football League running back and television and radio broadcaster
- Hank Biasatti (1922–1996), Italian-Canadian baseball and basketball player
- Hank Blalock (born 1980), Major League Baseball player
- Hank Borowy (1916–2004), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Hank Brown (born 1940), American retired politician and former senator from Colorado
- Hank Brown (American football), American college football player
- Hank Burnine (1932–2020), American National Football League player
- Hank Earl Carr (1968–1998), American convicted criminal who committed suicide
- Hank Cochran (1935–2010), American country music singer and songwriter
- Harry "Hank" Feldman (1919–1962), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Hank Garland (1930–2004), American studio musician
- Hank Gathers (1967–1990), basketball player
- Hank Green (born 1980), video blogger
- Hank Goldup (1918–2008), Canadian National Hockey League player
- Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
- Hank Johnson (born 1954), U.S. Representative from Georgia
- Hank Johnson (baseball) (1906–1982), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Hank Jones (1918–2010), American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer
- Henry Iba (1904–1993), American Hall-of-Fame college basketball head coach
- Hank Ketcham (1920–2001), American cartoonist who created Dennis the Menace
- Hank Ketcham (American football) (1891–1986), American college football player
- Hank Kuehne (born 1975), American former professional golfer
- Hank Locklin (1918–2009), American country music singer and songwriter
- Hank Marvin, English musician, singer and songwriter born Brian Robson Rankin in 1941
- Hank Mobley (1930–1986), American hard bop and soul jazz saxophonist and composer
- Hank Norberg (1920–1974), American football player
- Hank Nowak (born 1950), Canadian National Hockey League player
- Henry Paulson (born 1946), former Secretary of the Treasury
- Hank Pfister (born 1953), American retired tennis player
- Hank J. Ratner (born 1959), American media, sports, entertainment and telecommunications executive
- Hank Sauer (1917–2001), Major League Baseball player
- Henrik Sedin (born 1980), Swedish National Hockey League player
- Hank Snow (1914–1999), Canadian-American country music artist and songwriter
- Hank Stackpole (1935–2020), retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general
- Hank Steinbrenner (1957–2020), part-owner of the New York Yankees
- Hank Stram (1923–2005), American National Football League head coach
- Hank Thompson (baseball) (1925–1969), baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball
- Hank Thompson (musician) (1925–2007), American country music singer and songwriter
- Hank Wangford (born 1940), English country musician and psychiatrist
- Hank Williams (1923–1953), American country music singer, songwriter and musician
- Hank Williams Jr. (born 1949), American country music singer, songwriter and musician, son of Hank Williams
- Hank Williams III (born 1972), American musician and singer, son of Hank Williams Jr.
- Hank Worden (1901–1992), American actor born Norton Earl Worden
- Henrik Zetterberg (born 1980), National Hockey League player from Sweden
- Henrik Lundqvist (born 1982) National Hockey League player from Sweden
- Hank (dog), a dog rescued by the Milwaukee Brewers named after Hank Aaron
- Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, a nickname of entertainer Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr.
Surname
edit- Carlos Hank González (1927–2001), Mexican politician and businessman
- Carlos Hank González (businessman, born 1971) (born 1971), Mexican businessman
- Carlos Hank Rhon, Mexican businessman
- Jorge Hank Rhon (born 1956), Mexican businessman and former municipal president of Tijuana
- William Hank (1902–1942), World War II US Navy officer
Fictional characters
edit- Hank Anderson, a character in the game Detroit: Become Human
- Hank Dearborn, protagonist of the 1965 TV series Hank
- Hank Gannon, from the soap opera One Life to Live
- Hank Hall, a DC Comics character
- Hank Henshaw, DC Comics villain
- Hank Thunderman, from the TV show The Thundermans
- Hank, from the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen
- Hank Hill, protagonist of the animated TV series King of the Hill
- Hank Jennings, from the TV show Twin Peaks
- Hank Lawson, protagonist of TV series Royal Pains
- Hank McCoy, a superhero, The Beast, from the Marvel comic series "X-Men"
- Hank Moody, protagonist of the TV series Californication
- Hank Morgan, the Yankee in Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Hank Pym (aka Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket), fictional character in the Marvel Universe
- Hank Rearden, a central character in the novel Atlas Shrugged
- Hank Schrader, from the TV show Breaking Bad
- Hank Venture, fictional character in The Venture Bros.
- Hank Voight, police sergeant in Chicago P.D.
- Hank Zipzer, fictional character from the TV series Hank Zipzer
- Talking Hank, one of the main characters of Talking Tom and Friends
- Hank, main character in the Hank the Cowdog series of children's novels
- Hank, one of the two beavers in Pajanimals
- Hank, a giant Pacific octopus with a missing tentacle in the 2016 Disney/Pixar animated film Finding Dory
- Hank the American Engine, one of the characters in the twelfth series of Thomas and Friends
- Hank, the younger half brother of the titular character in The Bed and Breakfast Star by Jacqueline Wilson
- Hank, an epic brawler from the mobile game Brawl Stars developed by Supercell
See also
edit- Hanks, a surname
References
edit- ^ The Origins of 10 Nicknames, Mentalfloss