FemaleOrigin: Persian

Hande: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Hande is a girl’s name of Persian origin. It means “smile, laughter”.

Say it: hahn-deh

About the name Hande

Meaning: smile, laughter
Origin: Persian; From Persian khanda.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: hahn-deh

How to pronounce Hande

Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellinghahn-deh is an approximation for English speakers. Turkish stresses syllables much more evenly than English, so avoid hitting one syllable hard. Tap the letters below for tips.

Hande

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Final e is pronounced
A final e is never silent in Turkish: it is a short “eh”, so the name has one more syllable than an English reader might expect.
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Hande with Turkish suffixes

Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Hande'ye, Hande'nin), but it is still pronounced as one word. The apostrophe only marks where the name ends; the suffix itself follows the usual rules.

The last vowel of Hande is e, a front unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take e and four-way suffixes takei (vowel harmony):Hande'de, Hande'yi.

Because Hande ends in a vowel, a buffer letter keeps two vowels apart:y in Hande'yi, Hande'ye and Hande'yle, and n in the genitive Hande'nin.

Case forms of Hande
Case	Form	Example
Accusative (object)	Hande'yi	Hande'yi tanıyor musun? Do you know Hande?
Dative (to)	Hande'ye	Hande'ye bir mesaj yazdım. I wrote a message to Hande.
Locative (at / with)	Hande'de	Anahtarlar Hande'de. Hande has the keys. (lit. The keys are at Hande.)
Ablative (from)	Hande'den	Hande'den bir hediye aldım. I got a present from Hande.
Genitive (’s)	Hande'nin	Bu Hande'nin çantası. This is Hande’s bag.
Instrumental (with)	Hande'yle	Dün Hande'yle konuştum. I talked with Hande yesterday.

Forms are generated by TurkLogic’s tested grammar engine. See every case explained in theTurkish noun cases guide, or check the harmony of any word in thevowel harmony calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hande mean?

Hande is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “smile, laughter”. Its origin is Persian. From Persian khanda.

How do you pronounce Hande?

Say it roughly as “hahn-deh”, keeping every vowel short and clear. A final e is never silent in Turkish: it is a short “eh”, so the name has one more syllable than an English reader might expect.

How do you add suffixes to Hande in Turkish?

Because Hande is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Hande'ye (to Hande), Hande'nin (Hande’s), Hande'de (at Hande’s) and Hande'yle (with Hande).