Given name & surname · also Ancient Greek
Ioannes
Ioannes is a masculine given name from Koine Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ioannes comes from Koine Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Koine Greek Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννης, from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥɔnɔn), built from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹ־ (yəhō-) + חַנּוּן (ḥannūn).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ioannes’s family of names
In Latin usage, Ioannes shares a linguistic root with the English form John. In Latin usage, Ioannes has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Juan. In Cebuano usage, Ioannes has a related form in John.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ioannes has relatives in 17 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
19 related names in 17 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Johnvariant · Tagalog, ceb
- Evanvariant · English
- Seanvariant · English
- Shanevariant · English
- Shawnvariant · English
- Shaunvariant · English
- Johannesvariant · English, German
- Shaunavariant · English
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Across languages 58
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- Ianequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- Ivanequivalent
- JuanSpanish
- Gianniequivalent
- Johnnyequivalent
- Johanequivalent
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- Jonasborrowing · Lithuanian
- Joanequivalent
- YahyaTurkish
- JeanFrench
- Jonequivalent
- Gianequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Giannisequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- JanPolish, Czech
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Yannderivative · Breton
- Giovanequivalent
- Jehanequivalent
- HianPortuguese
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Iwanequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Jóhanequivalent
- Joãoequivalent
- Іванequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Xoánequivalent
- Իվանequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Ioannequivalent
- Joannesequivalent
- Iohannesequivalent
- Ιωάννηςequivalent
- Giuànequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Johannèsequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Ionuțequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
- Ἰωάννηςequivalent
- Иоаннequivalent
- 傑克Chinese
- ジョンJapanese
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
People named Ioannes
- Pope John VIIIHead of the Catholic Church from 872 to 882820–882
- Pope John IIIpope
- Pope John IXpope840–900
- Pope John XIpope910–936
- Pope John XVpope1000–996
- Pope John XXIpope (1276-1277)1210–1277
- Pope John XVIIpope
- Antipope John XXIIIItalian bishop; Pisan antipope (1410–1415)1370–1419
- John of PatmosChristian saint and author of the Book of Revelation50–100
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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