Given name · Russian
Иоанн
“God is gracious”
Иоанн (Ioánn) is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Ioann.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Иоанн goes back to Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān), meaning “God is gracious.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Иоанн comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Иоанн developed from Ἰωάννης.
Иоанн’s family of names
In Russian usage, Иоанн developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἰωάννης. In Russian usage, Иоанн has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Jan. In Russian usage, Иоанн has a conventional equivalent in the German form Johannes.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Иоанн has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Иоанн comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 55
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- יוחנןHebrew
- Jackequivalent
- Johnequivalent
- Ianequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- Evanequivalent
- Juanequivalent
- Ivanequivalent
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- Gianniequivalent
- Johnnyequivalent
- Seanequivalent
- Johanequivalent
- Joanequivalent
- Jeanequivalent
- Gianequivalent
- Jonequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Giannisequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- JohannesGerman
- JanPolish
- Yannisequivalent
- Yoanequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Giovanequivalent
- Jehanequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Iwanequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ioannesequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Jóhanequivalent
- Joãoequivalent
- Xoánequivalent
- Іванequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Joannesequivalent
- Giuànequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Johannèsequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
- Йоанequivalent
- Иоа́ннhas masculine form
- Ἰωάννηςroot · Ancient Greek
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Иоанн
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