Given name & surname · Syriac · aii
ܝܘܚܢܢ
“God is gracious”
ܝܘܚܢܢ (yōḥannān) is a masculine given name from Classical Syriac, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic and Classical Syriac.
Syriac and aiiWritten in Syriac script, read right to left.
Meaning & origin
What it means
ܝܘܚܢܢ goes back to a word meaning “God is gracious.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
ܝܘܚܢܢ comes from Classical Syriac, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ܝܘܚܢܢ’s family of names
In Assyrian Neo-Aramaic usage, ܝܘܚܢܢ has a diminutive in ܚܢܐ. In Classical Syriac usage, ܝܘܚܢܢ has a later derivative in 𐔺𐕒𐕆𐔰𐕎𐔰𐕎. ܝܘܚܢܢ has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jean.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
ܝܘܚܢܢ has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Aramaic roots to each of them.
Aramaicwhere ܝܘܚܢܢ comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- יוחנןolder form · Aramaic
- Johnequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- JeanFrench
- Yohananequivalent
- یوحناequivalent
- ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢhas masculine form
- ܝܘܿܚܲܢܝܼܣdoublet
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People named ܝܘܚܢܢ
- Shimun VIII Yohannan SulaqaPatriarch of Babylonia1510–1555
- Yohannan VIII HormizdPatriarch of Chaldean Catholic Church1760–1838
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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