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Johann
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Jóhann
English
Proper noun
en male German de Johann.
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈjoːhan/
de De-Johann.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Jo hann
Proper noun
de proper noun
de male John Johannes
Related terms
de Hannes, de Hanno, de Hannos, de Hanns, de Hannus, de Hans
de Henning, de Henno, de Ioannes, de Iohannes
de Jan
de Jannick, de Jannik
Descendants
fr Yoann 1
Norwegian Bokmål
Johann
Alternative forms
nb Johan
Etymology
nb de Johann male given name, a short form of de Johannes male given name, ultimately from nb la Iōhannēs male given name, from nb grc Ἰωάννης Iōánnēs male given name, from nb he יוֹחָנָן Yōḥānān Yahweh is gracious.
Compare da Johann, sv Johann, fi Johann, is Jóhann and fo Jóhann male given names.
Pronunciation
nb /jʊˈhan/ [jʊˈhanː]
nb an 2
nb Johan
nb Jo hann
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb male German John
Derived terms
nb Johanndatter historical patronymic meaning “daughter of Johann”
nb Johannsdatter historical patronymic meaning “daughter of Johann”
nb Johannsen patronymic surname
nb Johannssen patronymic surname
nb Johannson patronymic surname
nb Johannsson patronymic surname
Statistics
In 2025, four boys in Norway were given the spelling nb Johann. Together with nb Johan, the name group ranked 41st, with 179 boys.“Guttenavn”, Statistics Norway.
References
“Johann” at Nordic Names
“Johannes” in Store norske leksikon