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Given name · Arabic

يوحنا

يوحنا (yūḥannā) is a masculine given name from Aramaic. It is used in Arabic.

ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

يوحنا comes from Aramaic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Aramaic יוחנן (yoḥanan).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

يوحنا’s family of names

In Arabic usage, يوحنا has a short form in حنا. In Arabic usage, يوحنا has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jean. In Arabic usage, يوحنا has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Jan.

Walk يوحنا’s family in the name graph

يوحناحناJohnJeanJanיוחנן

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

يوحنا has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Aramaic roots to each of them.

Aramaic

Aramaicwhere يوحنا comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love يوحنا, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Aramaic

Tomé

“twin”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Aramaic

Bartolomé

“tolmai” · “bar”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Aramaic

Bartłomiej

“tolmai” · “bar”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Aramaic

Tomass

Tomass is a masculine given name from Aramaic. It is used in Latvian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Aramaic

Tummas

“twin”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Aramaic

Thonmas

“twin”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Aramaic

Bertalan

Bertalan is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Aramaic. It is used in Hungarian and Romanian.

No U.S. birth series

93% boys · 7% girls

Aramaic

Bartoloměj

“son of Tolmai”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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