Given name · Classical Armenian
Յովհաննէս
Յովհաննէս (Yovhannēs) is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Old Armenian.
Classical ArmenianWritten in Armenian script. In English: John.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥɔnɔn), built from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹ־ (yəhō-) + חַנּוּן (ḥannūn).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Յովհաննէս’s family of names
In Old Armenian usage, Յովհաննէս has a conventional equivalent in the English form John.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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