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John (/ ˈ dʒ ɒ n / JON) is a common male name in the English language ultimately of Hebrew origin. The English form is from Middle English Ion, Ihon, Jon, Jan (mid-12c.), itself from Old French Jan, Jean, Jehan (Modern French Jean), [2] from Medieval Latin Johannes, altered form of Late Latin Ioannes, [2] or the Middle English personal name is directly from Medieval Latin, [3] which is from ...
Johannes. Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, Ioannes ), itself derived from the Hebrew name Yehochanan, meaning " Yahweh is gracious".
Jan, John, Johan, Jóhann, Johannes, Juan. Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of Iohannes, which is the Latin form of the Greek name Iōánnēs ( Ἰωάννης ), itself derived from Hebrew name Yochanan ( יוֹחָנָן ) in turn from its extended form Yehochanan ( יְהוֹחָנָן ), meaning " Yahweh is ...
[2] [3] The earliest known use of the name was in the Bible; one Jonathan was the son of King Saul, a close friend of David. Variants of Jonathan include Jonatan , Djonathan . Biblical variants include Yehonathan, Y'honathan, Yhonathan, Yonathan, Yehonatan, Yonatan, Yonaton, Yonoson, Yeonoson or Yehonasan .
Johan is a Scandinavian and Dutch form of Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name Iōánnēs ( Ἰωάννης ), from the Hebrew name Yochanan ( יוֹחָנָן ), itself derived from the extended form Yehochanan ( יְהוֹחָנָן ), meaning " Yahweh is Gracious". It is uncommon as a surname. Its English equivalent is John.
Yahya (Arabic: يحيى, romanized: Yaḥyā), also spelled Yehya, is an Arabic male given name.It is an [a] Arabic form of the given name John, originally Aramaic Yohanan (Yəhôḥānān יְהוֹחָנָן "YHWH is gracious"), i.e. primarily John the Baptist, who is known as Yahya ibn Zakariyya in Islam, and is considered a prophet in Islam.
Janice is a modern feminine given name, an extended version of Jane, an English feminine form of John which is itself derived from the Hebrew Yohanan, meaning ('Graced by god') or Yehohanan ('God is gracious'). The name Janice was first used by American author Paul Leicester Ford for the heroine of the 1899 novel Janice Meredith. [1]
The Hebrew name was adopted as Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs) in Biblical Greek as the name of both John the Baptist and John the Apostle. In the Latin Vulgate this was originally adopted as Iohannes (or Johannes – in Latin, J is the same letter as I). The presence of an h, not found in the Greek adaptation, shows awareness of the Hebrew origin.