# How long is your hand? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 29, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557 "2007-07-29T02:00:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/41 "2007-07-30T20:25:48Z")
Male; 5’6" 8.75 inches and 4", yep freaky. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/42 "2007-07-30T20:34:22Z")
[QUOTE=Lanzy] Male; 5’6" 8.75 inches and 4", yep freaky. [/QUOTE] E.T. phone home? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/43 "2007-07-30T21:20:52Z")
Male 6’1" 8" 4" This thread has confirmed for me that I do indeed have very long fingers. I have the highest finger/hand ratio so far. Maybe I should take up the piano. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/44 "2007-07-30T21:52:58Z")
Male, about 6’3" Hand - about 8.5" Middle Finger - about 3.5" For having big hands, I have big square palms and average-sized fingers… And **flight** , you’re right, you should play piano with those hands! ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/45 "2007-07-30T22:13:43Z")
Male, 6’8" Hand: 8.5" Finger: 4" I usually have the largest hands of anybody I know, by far. Yet this thread is full of normal-height guys with giganto Mickey-hands. Freaks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/46 "2007-07-31T02:28:54Z")
Hand size: 6.5" Middle finger: 3" Oh, and height: 5’1" ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/47 "2007-07-31T03:03:01Z")
Hand length: 8.12" Middle finger length: 3.67" Height, 6’ 2.5" How’s that for precision? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Buckwheat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Buckwheat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckwheat)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/48 "2007-07-31T17:08:57Z")
[QUOTE=JCorre] Male here Hand length - 8" Finger length - 3.5" I’ve been told I have big hands so I’d be interested to know what “normal” hand length is. I’m also 6’1" for whatever that’s worth… [/QUOTE] Exactly the same three dimensions for me! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/49 "2007-07-31T17:10:59Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] Male, 6’8" [/QUOTE] Giraffe, indeed. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![lastcrazyhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@lastcrazyhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lastcrazyhorn)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/50 "2011-05-14T03:11:22Z")
I think I’ve got you all beat. 5.75 from wrist to tip of my middle finger. My middle finger measures at just over 2 inches, and my pinky is 1.5. I’m female and I’m 5’5". I also wear an extra small glove. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lastcrazyhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@lastcrazyhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lastcrazyhorn)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/51 "2011-05-14T03:19:55Z")
> [@lastcrazyhorn](#): > > I think I’ve got you all beat. 5.75 from wrist to tip of my middle finger. My middle finger measures at just over 2 inches, and my pinky is 1.5. > > I’m female and I’m 5’5". I also wear an extra small glove. 🙂 Oh and my ring size is 4.5. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/52 "2011-05-14T06:18:48Z")
Hand 8" finger 3.5" height 6’ 2 palm width 4" ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/53 "2011-05-18T13:13:52Z")
I barely have a 10th on a piano, meaning my hand stretches over 11 keys when laid flat. 11 \* 23.5mm = 258.5 mm ≈ 10 inches width fully spread. About half that is my palm width, so 5 inches. My longest finger covers 4 keys, and is therefore 4 inches. And I am 6’2’’-6’3’’ depending on whether the measurement is done by a tailor or a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/54 "2011-05-18T15:18:43Z")
Female, 5’5", 7.5 or 8 shoe, 6 or 7 ring size (depending on the finger). Hand 7.25, middle finger 3.25. I always thought I had big/long hands for a woman, but looking at this thread, they’re not unusual. I don’t think hand length has much to do with perceived size of hands. ‘Man hands’ on women are usually thought to be thick and sturdy. My hands are longish (as long or longer than most men - I like to compare) but skinny, so they don’t look ‘big’ to anyone but me. I’m a really small person and I don’t think my hands are proportionate to the rest of me. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/55 "2011-05-18T15:31:28Z")
**[Male; 5’10"; 170 lbs; 38 yo]** Hand – 7 inches. Middle Finger – 3.25 inches. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/56 "2011-05-18T15:46:06Z")
Long enough to reach my wrist. 😛 I’m missing the tip of one middle finger, but measuring from the normal one gets me 7-1/2". Middle finger, 3-1/2". ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/57 "2011-05-18T16:40:56Z")
Female 5’4" My hands appear to be average sized for a woman in this thread. Hand length – Just a smidge over 7" Finger length – Just a smidge over 3" Ring size – 6.75 I can span a 9th on the piano comfortably and a 10th if I really stretch and hang on by the edges. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/58 "2011-05-18T17:36:45Z")
Female, 5’6" I always thought I had big hands, but they seem normal for this thread - just a smidge under 7" long. I’ll take most of you ladies in the foot length competition, though - my husband calls my feet skis. I like my hands and feet, though - they’ve very nicely proportioned. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/59 "2011-05-18T17:38:42Z")
Female, 5’8", 7 1/4. Does that mean I have man-hands? ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557/60 "2011-05-18T18:52:33Z")
> [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](#): > > I’m female. I didn’t have a non-bending measure, so I used a soft measuring tape, like you’d use for sewing. I measured from the first crease of my wrist (where the palm ends) to the tip of my middle finger and got 7 inches. My middle finger is just a hair under 3 inches. This exactly. Same measuring method and measurments. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-your-hand/413557.md?page=4)