Given name · Armenian
Հովհաննես
“Yahweh has been gracious”
Հովհաննես (Hovhannes) is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Armenian.
ArmenianWritten in Armenian script. In English: John.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Հովհաննես goes back to Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης, meaning “Yahweh has been gracious.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥɔnɔn), built from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹ־ (yəhō-) + חַנּוּן (ḥannūn).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Հովհաննես’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Հովհաննես has a diminutive in Հովիկ. In Armenian usage, Հովհաննես shares an earlier linguistic root with Ջոն. In Armenian usage, Հովհաննես has a conventional equivalent in the English form John.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Հովհաննես has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
10 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JohnEnglish
- JuanSpanish
- Ivanequivalent
- JeanFrench
- JohannesGerman
- JanCzech
- Иванequivalent
- Ջոնdoublet · Armenian
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People named Հովհաննես
- Hovhannes TumanyanArmenian writer and public activist (1869–1923)
- Hovhannes ShirazArmenian poet (1915–1984)
- Hovhannes KajaznuniArmenian politician (1867-1938)1868–1938
- Hovhannes BachkovArmenian boxerborn 1992
- Hovhannes DavtyanArmenian judokaborn 1983
- Hovhannes HovhannisyanArmenian poet1864–1929
- Hovhannes DanielyanArmenian boxerborn 1987
- Hovhannes ZardaryanArmenian painter (1918-1992)
- Hovhannes DraskhanakerttsiCatholicos of Armenia845–925
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