Hans-Günter
Hans-Günter , or Hansgünter , Hans-Günther is a male German given name .
Origin and meaning
Association of names:
- Hans : Short form for John , Hebrew Jochanan 'God is gracious / God has shown grace'
- Günter : to Gunther , Germanic from gund 'Kampf' and heri 'Army'
The double names merged at the end of the 19th century, and the hyphenated names became popular in German in the 1930s-50s.
The name can be stressed on Hans or Günter .
variants
- Hans-Günter / Hansgünter
- Hans-Günther / Hansgünther
- Hanns-Günter / Hannsgünter
- Hanns-Günther / Hannsgünther (rare)
Less common education is Hans- Gunter .
Variants in other languages are rare, as the name formation is typical for German. An analog formation can be found in the Nordic region as Hans-Gunnar, Hansgunnar, Hans-Gunner and similar.
Well-known namesake (all variants)
A.
- Hans-Günther Allers (* 1935), German freelance composer
B.
- Hans-Günther Baass (1909–1991), German painter
- Hans-Günther Bierwirth (1922–1998), German architect
- Hans-Günter Bruckmann (* 1946), German politician (SPD)
- Hans-Günter Bruns (* 1954), German soccer player
- Hans-Günter Buchholz (1919–2011), German archaeologist
- Hans-Günther Bücking (* 1951), German cameraman and director
- Hans-Günter Butzko, alias HG. Butzko (1965) German cabaret artist
D.
- Hans-Günter Diegel (* 1936), German soccer player
- Hans-Günther Döring (* 1962), German author and illustrator
- Hans-Günther Dotzauer (* 1953), German opera, operetta and musical singer, tenor
E.
- Hans-Günter Etterich (* 1951), German football player
G
- Hans-Günter Gierloff-Emden (1923–2011), German geographer
- Hans-Günter Gnodtke (* 1948), German ambassador
- Hans-Günter Gruber (* 1957), German Catholic moral theologian and university professor
- Hans-Günter Grund (* 1941), German soccer player
H
- Hans-Günther Heinz (* 1933), German entrepreneur and politician (FDP)
- Hans-Günter Henneke (* 1957), German university professor and member of the presidency of the German District Association
- Hans-Günter Heumann (* 1955), German composer and book author
- Hansgünther Heyme (* 1935), German theater director
- Hans-Günter Hoppe (1922-2000), German politician (FDP)
K
- Hans-Günther Kaufmann (horticultural scientist) (* 1935), German horticultural scientist
- Hans-Günther Kaufmann (photographer) (* 1943), German photographer
- Hans-Günter Klein (wrestler) (* 1954), German wrestler
- Hans-Günter Klein (show jumper) (* 1968), German show jumper
- Hans-Günther Kroth (* 1949), German soccer player
L.
- Hans-Günther Lange (1916–2014), German naval officer
- Hans-Günther van Look (1939–2007), German painter, sculptor and author
M.
- Hans-Günter Martens (1930–2001), German actor and radio presenter
- Hans-Günter Mertens (* 1950), German politician (SPD)
- Hans-Günther Müller (* 1955), Austrian singer and actor
N
- Hans-Günter Naumann (1935-2010), German politician (SPD)
- Hans-Günter Neues (1950–2016), German soccer player and coach
O
- Hans-Günter Ottenberg (* 1947), German musicologist and university professor
P
- Hans-Günter Petzold (1931–1982), German biologist
- Hans-Günther Plücken (* 1954), German soccer player
- Hans-Günther Pölitz (* 1952), German cabaret artist
R.
- Hans-Günter Richardi (* 1939), German author and journalist
- Hans-Günter Rolff (* 1939), German educationalist
S.
- Hans-Günter Schimmöller (1935–2015), German soccer player
- Hans-Günter Schodruch (1926–1999), German politician (REP)
- Hans-Günther Schramm (* 1941), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Hans-Günter Schröder (* 1943), German soccer player
- Hans-Günther Sohl (1906–1989), German industrial manager
T
- Hans-Günther Thalheim (1924–2018), German literary scholar, editor and university professor
- Hans-Günther Tiemann (* 1960), German rower and teacher
- Hans-Günther Toetemeyer (1930-2017), German politician (SPD)
V
- Hans-Günther Vosseler (* 1949), German swimmer
W.
- Hans-Günter Wallraff, better known as Günter Wallraff (* 1942), German investigative journalist and writer
- Hans-Günther Wauer (1925–2016), German church musician
- Hans-Günther Weber (1916–2003), administrative lawyer, Landrat Landkreis Wetzlar, Oberstadtdirektor Braunschweig
Z
- Hans-Günter Ziesche (1935–2012), German politician (SPD)
- Hans-Günther Zimmermann (* 1951), German author for young people
Individual evidence
- ↑ for example with Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall