Ansis (given name)

Ansis is a Latvian masculine given name derived from the German language male name Johannes and its diminutive Hans and first recorded in Latvia in 1533.

People bearing the name Ansis include:

• Ansis Artums (1908–1997), Latvian landscape painter
• Ansis Bērziņš (1940–2021), Latvian film producer and director
• Ansis BrÅ«ns (born 1989), Latvian javelin thrower
• Ansis Dāle (born 1967), Latvian windsurfer
• Ansis Epners (1937–2003), Latvian documentary filmmaker
• Ansis Kaupēns (1895–1927), Latvian criminal and serial killer
• Ansis PÅ«pols (born 1975), Latvian politician
• Ansis Regža (born 1963), Latvian curler and curling coach

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