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Handel (male)

Derivative of:Hans (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Welsh, named after the composer G F Handel, whose surname is a derivative of Hans [q.v.], ultimately from Hebrew "God has been gracious".
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