Given name
Yohann
“God is gracious”
Yohann is a variant of Yohan. In German use, Yohan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yohann 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 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yohann through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 289
- 289 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #5,037 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,037 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 2011. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 336 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.
Yohann’s family of names
Yohann has a related form in Yohan. In French usage, Yohann has a conventional equivalent in the English form Yohan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Yohann
- Yohann DinizFrench racewalkerborn 1978
- Yohann PeléFrench footballer (born 1982)
- Yohann GèneFrench bicycle racerborn 1981
- Yohann Thuram-UlienGuadeloupean footballerborn 1988
- Yohann Ndoye-BrouardFrench swimmerborn 2000
- Yohann AuvituFrench ice hockey playerborn 1989
- Yohann TihoniTahitian footballerborn 1994
- Yohann EudelineFrench footballerborn 1982
- Yohann LasimantFrench footballerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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