Han

HAHN

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The name Han means “vastness, galaxy, courageous.” It comes from the Chinese language tradition.

Han (涵) means 'inclusive' or 'vast,' while 翰 means 'writing brush' or 'galaxy,' and 韩 is one of China's major surnames. The Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) is so culturally significant that the majority ethnic group in China is called Han Chinese.

Wiktionary confirms Han as an early romanization of the Chinese Hàn, tied to the Han dynasty founded by Liu Bang and to the Hanzhong Commandery and river region the dynasty's name derives from; the specific hanzi glosses of vastness, writing brush/galaxy, and the surname sense given elsewhere are not spelled out in the source text retrieved, so that character breakdown isn't confirmed here. Separately, Wikipedia's other match describes Han as an unrelated Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Johannes, Hendrik, or Henricus — a different-origin name that happens to share the spelling, not a source for the Chinese name.

Per Wiktionary, the usage of Han for China's majority ethnic group first appeared during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period, by which time the earlier Han dynasty was already regarded as one of the golden ages of Chinese history.

• Han Suyin (Chinese-British author)
• Han Geng (Chinese singer and actor)

Sibling names that share Han's rhythm and register without echoing it too closely.