Given name
Yochanan
“God is gracious”
In Hebrew use, Yochanan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hebrew use, Yochanan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Yochanan is used as a form of John.
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
Yochanan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 290
- 290 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,679 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,679 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 268 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.
Yochanan’s family of names
Yochanan is a form of John. In German usage, Yochanan has a related form in Johannes. Yochanan has a related form in Yochan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yochanan
- Yochanan VollachIsraeli footballerborn 1945
- Yochanan AfekIsraeli chess player, composer, trainer and arbiterborn 1952
- Yochanan LockerIsraeli military officerborn 1956
- Yochanan SoferHungarian-born Israeli rabbi1923–2016
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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