Given name & surname
Yohannes
“God is gracious”
Yohannes is a variant of Yohan. In German use, Yohan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yohannes 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 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yohannes through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 440
- 440 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,851 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,851 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, District of Columbia had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,646 as a first name in 2020; 2,246 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yohannes’s family of names
Yohannes has a related form in Yohan.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Yohannes
- Yohannes IVEmperor of Ethiopia from 1871 to 18891837–1889
- Yohannes IIIemperor of Ethiopia (1797-1873)
- Yohannes Haile-SelassieEthiopian paleoanthropologistborn 1961
- Yohannes TilahunEritrean footballerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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