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Йован
Йован (Jovan) is a masculine given name from Serbo-Croatian, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Bulgarian and Pannonian Rusyn.
Bulgarian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Jovan.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Йован comes from Serbo-Croatian, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Serbo-Croatian Јован//Jovan, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης, from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥɔnɔn), built from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹ־ (yəhō-) + חַנּוּן (ḥannūn).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Йован’s family of names
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Йован shares an earlier linguistic root with Иван. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Йован can be written in the Roman alphabet as Jovan. In Bulgarian usage, Йован can be written in the Roman alphabet as Jován.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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