Given name & surname · also Latin
Zuan
“G-d is gracious”
Zuan is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Friulian.
Original Hebrewיוחנן
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zuan goes back to a word meaning “G-d is gracious.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Zuan comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Friulian usage, Zuan developed from יוחנן. In Friulian usage, Zuan developed from Ἰωάννης.
Zuan’s family of names
In Friulian usage, Zuan developed from the Hebrew form יוחנן. In Friulian usage, Zuan has a conventional equivalent in the English form John. In German usage, Zuan has a related form in Johannes.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zuan has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Zuan comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- יוחנןroot · Hebrew
- Iohannesolder form · Latin
- JohnEnglish
- Juanequivalent
- Joanequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- Joãoequivalent
- Xoánequivalent
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