Hande
The name carries the sense of "smile, laughter". Only about 44 women in Poland go by it, so most Poles will never meet one.
Hande Pronunciation
Hande is pronounced KHAHN-de (/ˈxandɛ/).
What Hande means
Where Hande comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hande comes to us through Turkish, yet its root sits in Persian. The Persian word xande means laughter, and the name grew from that sense of a smile. No pet forms trail behind it. Hande stands on its own.
The name found real voices in Turkey. Hande Yener, one of the country's best-known pop singers, put it on album covers from the early 2000s. The actress Hande Erçel carried it into television watched well beyond Turkish borders. Both women made a common first name public property across Turkey and beyond.
In a Polish class register, Hande would sit among the Hannas and Helenas, a little foreign, easy to say. The meaning stays simple wherever the name travels. It means smile, and laughter.
How many people are named Hande
1 in 512360 women in Poland is named Hande. 44 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5781 among female names.
Hande as a middle name
Hande is a first name for 44 women in Poland and a middle name for another 4, a 92/8 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 4120th, between Géraldine (4) and Harsh (4).
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#4120 Hande4
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