Given name
Yoan
“God is gracious”
In Bulgarian use, Yoan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Bulgarian use, Yoan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Bulgarian.
How it developed
Yoan is used as a form of John.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yoan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 526
- 526 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #3,654 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +71%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,654 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 70.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,240 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.
Yoan’s family of names
Yoan is a form of John. In German usage, Yoan has a related form in Johannes. Yoan has a related form in Yon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yoan
- Yoan GouffranFrench footballer (born 1986)
- Malcom McLeanAmerican businessman (1913-2001)
- Yoan Pablo Hernándezboxerborn 1984
- Yoan CardinaleFrench association football playerborn 1994
- John the RussianUkrainian saint1690–1730
- Yoán MoncadaCuban baseball player (born 1995)
- Yoan SeverinFrench association football playerborn 1997
- Yoni StoyanovBulgarian-Israeli association footballerborn 2001
- Yoan MakoundouFrench basketball player (born 2000)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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