Given name · Aramaic · Hebrew
יוחנן
“God is gracious”
יוחנן (yokhanán) is a masculine given name. It is used in Hebrew and Aramaic.
Aramaic and HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: John.
Meaning & origin
What it means
יוחנן goes back to a word meaning “God is gracious.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
יוחנן’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, יוחנן has a feminine form in Ἰωάννα. In Aramaic usage, יוחנן has a conventional equivalent in the English form John. In Hebrew usage, יוחנן has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Juan.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
יוחנן has relatives in 21 languages.
23 related names in 21 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JohnEnglish
- Giovanniequivalent
- JuanSpanish
- YahyaTurkish
- Joanderivative · Occitan, Catalan
- Jeanderivative · French, nrf
- JanCzech
- Jehanderivative · Old French
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- Yohannanequivalent
- Xuanderivative · roa-leo, Asturian
- Xanderivative · Galician
- ИоаннRussian
- یوحناderivative · Urdu
- ܝܘܚܢܢdescendant · Syriac
- يوحناborrowing · Arabic
- Ἰωάνναfeminine form · Ancient Greek
- Xohánderivative · Galician
- Zuanderivative · Friulian
- Xoánderivative · Galician
- Chuanderivative · Aragonese
- Juanoderivative · Spanish
- Ġwannderivative · Maltese
People named יוחנן
- John the Evangelistauthor of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author of Revelation), and John the Presbyter10–98
- Yochanan VollachIsraeli footballerborn 1945
- John HyrcanusHasmonean ruler200 BC–103 BC
- Yohanan ben Zakkai1st-century rabbi and an important Jewish sage50 BC–70
- Yohanan AharoniIsraeli archaeologist and historical geographer (1919–1976)
- Yochanan AfekIsraeli chess player, composer, trainer and arbiterborn 1952
- John of GischalaLeader of the Jewish revolt against the Romans in the First Jewish-Roman War100
- John Gaddithe oldest of the sons of Mattathias, and brother of Judas Maccabeus
- Johanan bar Nappaha3rd-century Judean rabbi180–279
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