Given name · Ancient Greek
Ἰωάννης
“God is gracious”
Ἰωάννης (Ĭōắnnēs) is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Iōánnēs.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ἰωάννης goes back to Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן, meaning “God is gracious.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Ancient Greek usage, Ἰωάννης is a masculine form of יוחנה.
Ἰωάννης’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Ἰωάννης has a feminine form in Jana. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἰωάννης has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jean. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Ἰωάννης has a feminine form in Janna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ἰωάννης has relatives in 47 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
62 related names in 47 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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 69
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Johnderivative · Norwegian Bokmål
- Ianderivative · Tagalog, ceb
- Giovanniderivative · Italian
- Juanderivative · Spanish, nci
- Ivanderivative · Serbo-Croatian
- Hannaderivative · Norwegian Bokmål
- Johanderivative · osp, Norwegian Bokmål
- Joanderivative · Occitan, Catalan
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- Jeanderivative · French, nrf
- Jonderivative · Norwegian Bokmål
- Janafeminine form · Norwegian Bokmål
- Giannisequivalent
- Johannderivative · Norwegian Bokmål
- Jannafeminine form · Norwegian Bokmål
- JohannesGerman
- Janderivative · Dutch
- Eoinderivative · Manx, Irish
- Ioannisequivalent
- Ionderivative · Romanian
- Jehanderivative · Old French
- Ioanderivative · Romanian
- Gjonderivative · Albanian
- Jonnderivative · Norwegian Bokmål
- Ieuanderivative · Welsh
- Xuanderivative · roa-leo, Asturian
- Xanderivative · Galician
- Jannederivative · Limburgish
- Iwanderivative · Welsh
- Իվանequivalent
- Γιάγκοςequivalent
- যোহনderivative · Bengali
- Иоанъborrowing · cu
- Еньоborrowing · Bulgarian
- Янderivative · Ukrainian, Russian
- Иоаннderivative · Russian
- ივანეderivative · Georgian
- Іванderivative · Ukrainian, Belarusian
- Γιάννηςdescendant · Greek
- 約翰borrowing · Chinese
- Иванderivative · Serbo-Croatian, Russian
- Јованborrowing · Macedonian
- Ånsăderivative · pox
- Ånsderivative · pox
- Xohánderivative · Galician
- Hansinaderivative · Norwegian Bokmål
- Ifanderivative · Welsh
- Zuanderivative · Friulian
- Xoánderivative · Galician
- Jánderivative · Slovak
- Chuanderivative · Aragonese
- Ivanasderivative · Lithuanian
- Eòinderivative · Scottish Gaelic
- Juanoderivative · Spanish
- Ġwannderivative · Maltese
- Johanoderivative · Esperanto
- Hansinederivative · Norwegian Bokmål
- Jógvanderivative · Faroese
- Jóannesderivative · Faroese
- Joãoderivative · Portuguese
- Jóanderivative · Faroese
And 9 more.
People named Ἰωάννης
- John ChrysostomChurch father, Archbishop of Constantinople and Christian saint (c. 347–407)349–407
- John of DamascusChristian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)
- Yanis VaroufakisGreek economist and politicianborn 1961
- John I TzimiskesByzantine emperor925–976
- John II KomnenosByzantine Emperor from 1118 to 11441087–1143
- Ioannis KapodistriasGreek statesman and diplomat (1776–1831)
- John VI KantakouzenosByzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354 (1292–1383)
- John V PalaiologosByzantine emperor1332–1391
- John VIII PalaiologosByzantine emperor1392–1448
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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