Given name
Yohanan
“God is gracious”
Yohanan is a variant of Yohan. In German use, Yohan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yohanan is a variant of Yohan. In German use, Yohan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yohanan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 128
- 118 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,651 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,651 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yohanan’s family of names
Yohanan has a related form in Yohan. Yohanan has a related form in Yochanan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yohanan
- John the Evangelistauthor of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author of Revelation), and John the Presbyter10–98
- Yochanan VollachIsraeli footballerborn 1945
- John HyrcanusHasmonean ruler200 BC–103 BC
- Yohanan ben Zakkai1st-century rabbi and an important Jewish sage50 BC–70
- Yohanan AharoniIsraeli archaeologist and historical geographer (1919–1976)
- Yochanan AfekIsraeli chess player, composer, trainer and arbiterborn 1952
- John of GischalaLeader of the Jewish revolt against the Romans in the First Jewish-Roman War100
- John Gaddithe oldest of the sons of Mattathias, and brother of Judas Maccabeus
- Johanan bar Nappaha3rd-century Judean rabbi180–279
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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