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Јован
Јован (Jovan) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian.
Macedonian and Serbian and Serbo-CroatianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: John.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Јован comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
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How it developed
From Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης, from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān).
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Јован’s family of names
In Macedonian usage, Јован has a diminutive in Јоле. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Јован has a conventional equivalent in the English form John. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Јован has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Juan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Јован has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Јован comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JohnEnglish
- JuanSpanish
- JeanFrench
- JohannesGerman
- JanPolish, Czech
- GeorgGerman
- ジョンJapanese
- Јо̀ванhas masculine form
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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