Given name · also Latin
Jógvan
“God is gracious”
Jógvan is a masculine given name, possibly from Latin, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Faroese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jógvan possibly goes back to a word meaning “God is gracious.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Jógvan possibly comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Faroese usage, Jógvan developed from Ἰωάννης.
Jógvan’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Jógvan developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἰωάννης. In Faroese usage, Jógvan has a conventional equivalent in the English form John. In Faroese usage, Jógvan has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jean.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jógvan has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 64
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- JohnEnglish
- Ianequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- Evanequivalent
- Juanequivalent
- Ivanequivalent
- Gianniequivalent
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- Johnnyequivalent
- Seanequivalent
- Johanequivalent
- Joanequivalent
- JeanFrench
- Gianequivalent
- Jonequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Joaoequivalent
- Giannisequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- Johannesequivalent
- Janequivalent
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Yanniequivalent
- Yiannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yvanequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Giovanequivalent
- Jehanequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Hannesequivalent
- Iwanequivalent
- Иоаннequivalent
- Ivánequivalent
- Yankaequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ioannesequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Jóhanequivalent
- Joãoequivalent
- Erwannequivalent
- Xoánequivalent
- Іванequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Ioannequivalent
- Joannesequivalent
- Giuànequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Iwoequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Johannèsequivalent
- Янкаequivalent
And 4 more.
People named Jógvan
- Jógvan SundsteinFaroese politician (1933–2024)
- Jógvan á LakjuniFaroese politician and composerborn 1952
- Jógvan Martin OlsenFaroese footballerborn 1961
- Jógvan IsaksenFaroese writerborn 1950
- Jógvan við KelduDanish politicianborn 1944
- Jógvan SkorheimFaroese politician and businesspersonborn 1982
- Jógvan Durhuuspolitician1938–2026
- Jógvan Poulsenpolitician (1854-1941)
- Jógvan Fríðrikssonbishop from Faroe Islandsborn 1957
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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