Given name
Johanan
“Yah is gracious”
Johanan is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewיוחנן
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Johanan means “Yah is gracious.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Johanan is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb hanan (חנן), “to be gracious.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Johanan appears in 2 Kings 25:23, Jeremiah 40:13, Jeremiah 41:14.
- 2 Kings 25:23
- Jeremiah 40:13
- Jeremiah 41:14
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Johanan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 246
- 246 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,287 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −72%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,287 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 314 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Johanan’s family of names
Johanan has a related form in John. In German usage, Johanan has a related form in Johannes.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 15
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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