Family name origins & meanings
- English : patronymic from the personal name Hann.
- English : plural form of Hand.
- Scottish : shortened form of Machans, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aonghuis, a patronymic from the personal name Aonghus (see Angus). Compare McInnes.
- French : derivative of German Hans.
- Dutch : from an aphetic form of the personal name Johannes (see John).