Given name
Jóhannes
Jóhannes is a masculine given name. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
Jóhannes’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Jóhannes shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Johannes. In Faroese usage, Jóhannes has a conventional equivalent in the English form John. In Faroese usage, Jóhannes has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jean.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jóhannes has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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
- Janequivalent
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Yanniequivalent
- Yiannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yvanequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Giovanequivalent
- Jehanequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Hannesequivalent
- Iwanequivalent
- Jankaequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
- Иоаннequivalent
- Ivánequivalent
- Jóhannafeminine form · Icelandic
- Yankaequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ioannesequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Jóhanequivalent
- Jehannesequivalent
- Joãoequivalent
- Erwannequivalent
- Xoánequivalent
- Іванequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Iohannesequivalent
- Ioannequivalent
- Joannesequivalent
- Giuànequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Seánequivalent
And 4 more.
People named Jóhannes
- Jóhannes Sveinsson KjarvalIcelandic painter (1885-1972)
- Jóhannes Haukur JóhannessonIcelandic actorborn 1980
- Jóhannes EðvaldssonIcelandic football player (1950-2021)
- Joey GuðjónssonIcelandic footballerborn 1980
- Jóhannes úr KötlumIcelandic writer (1899-1972)
- Jóhannes GunnarssonIslandian Catholic bishop1897–1972
- Jóhannes av SkarðiFaroese linguist (1911–1999)
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