Johan

johan Jóhan English Etymology An archaic variant of en Joan, from en fro Johan, from en la Johanna. Cf. John. Proper noun en female Hebrew. en 1893 Frank Peel Spen Valley, Past and Present Senior and Co 1893 64 William, the youthful heir, grew up, married and died, as we have already seen, of the sweating sickness, leaving only a daughter named Johan or Jennett, who was but two months old at his death Usage notes Included in the 100 most common given names of women born in Scotland in 1900. Derived terms en Johannism Johannite Johanson Anagrams en ahjno Jonah Afrikaans Etymology From af nl Johan. Pronunciation af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Johan.wav Proper noun af male Hebrew John Czech Etymology cs Pronunciation Proper noun m-an Johanová cs m Declension m.an.surname Further reading Danish Proper noun da proper noun da male derived from da Johannes John Related terms (surnames) da Johansen References Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 22 356 males with the given name Johan have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 June 2011. Dutch Etymology From nl Johannes. Pronunciation nl Nl-Johan.ogg Proper noun m nl male John Faroese Etymology From Johannes. Pronunciation fo [joˈhan] Proper noun fo proper noun m fo male Hebrew John Usage notes m Johansson Johansdóttir Declension Johan Johan Johani Johans Malay Alternative forms ms ms Jihan f Etymology Borrowed from ms fa-cls جهان jahān world, from ms pal gyhʾn' gēhān worldly creatures, world, from plural genitive form of ms ira-pro *gay-θā-. Pronunciation ms [d͡ʒo.han] ms han an 2 ms Jo han Proper noun جوهن ms male Persian champion Middle English Proper noun enm proper noun 1 enm John Norwegian Bokmål Johan,no:Johan Alternative forms nb Johann Etymology nb de Johan 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 Johan, sv Johan, nl Johan, de Johann, fo Jóhan and is Jóhann male given names. Pronunciation nb /jʊˈhan/ [jʊˈhanː] nb an 2 nb Jo han Proper noun nb proper noun nb male German John Usage notes The Norwegian name day for nb Johan is 29 August. nb Johan was particularly popular in Norway during the latter half of the 19th century, ranking second in every five-year period from 1860 through 1899. The royal double name nb Karl nb Johan may have contributed to this popularity. Derived terms nb Johandatter historical patronymic meaning “daughter of Johan” nb Johansen patronymic surname nb Johansdatter historical patronymic meaning “daughter of Johan” nb Johanssen patronymic surname Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 9,810 men in Norway had nb Johan as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.Table 10501: Persons, by year and first name, Statistics Norway. In 2025, 175 boys were given the spelling nb Johan; together with nb Johann, the name group ranked 41st, with 179 boys.“Guttenavn”, Statistics Norway. References “Johan” in Store norske leksikon “Johan” at Nordic Names Old Leonese Alternative forms roa-ole Iohan Etymology From roa-ole la Iōannes. Pronunciation roa-ole /ʒoˈaŋ/ Proper noun roa-ole noun roa-ole male Hebrew John,J'hone roa-ole biblical character Christianity The name of several persons in the Christian Bible, among them John the Baptist, John the Apostle, John the Evangelist and John of Patmos. roa-ole 1247 Fuero de Campumanes e si elli non for ay dallos cada fiesta de Sant Johan Babtista and if him weren't able to give him (the money) each festivy of Saint John the Baptist Descendants ast Xuan roa-leo Xuan mwl Juan Joan Old Spanish Alternative forms osp Johanne Juan osp Iohan alternative spelling Etymology osp :inh<conj:or> la:Iōhannēs la:Iōannēs 1 From osp la Iōhannēs or la Iōannēs, from osp grc Ἰωάννης, from osp he יוֹחָנָן Yōḥānān. Pronunciation osp /ʒoˈan/ Proper noun osp proper noun m osp male Hebrew John osp biblical character Christianity The name of several persons in the Christian Bible, among them John the Baptist, John the Apostle, John the Evangelist and John of Patmos. osp c. 1200 Almerich Fazienda de Ultramar f. 31r Delãt ierico a .ij. milleros en la riƀa del flum iordan es bethania o baptizaua ſant ioħn baptiſta. Delant Jerico a dos milleros, en la ribera del flum Jordan, es Bethania. o baptizava Sant Johan Baptista. Two thousand paces from Jericho, on the bank of the Jordan River, is Bethany, where Saint John the Baptist baptized. Descendants es Juan Swedish Etymology From sv gmq-osw Iohan or short form of sv Johannes John. First recorded in Sweden in runes in the 11th century. Pronunciation sv [²juːan] sv Sv-Johan-fast.flac sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Johan.wav Interjection sv interjection The letter "J" in the Swedish spelling alphabet Proper noun c sv male sv 1975 Christer Kihlman Dyre prins Wahlström & Widstrand 9146121315 113 Som liten var jag ganska stolt över mitt namn. Donald! Det klingade minsann mäktigare det än både Kalle och Ville och Lasse. Senare, när jag upphöjt mig själv i borgarståndet och för säkerhets skull beseglat min borgerlighet genom äktenskapet med Gunnel Lindermann hade jag uppriktigt sagt gärna hetat nånting annat, nånting mera traditionellt ståndsmässigt, eller från den synpunkten konventionellare, som Johan eller Henrik eller Carl-Gustaf. Till och med Max och Moritz och Niklas hade gått an. Usage notes The most common first name of men born in Sweden in the 1970s and the 1980s. Related terms (male given names) sv Hampus, sv Hannes, sv Hans, sv Ivan, sv Jan, sv Janne, sv Jens, sv Johannes, sv John, sv Johnny, sv Jon, sv Jonny, sv Jöns (female given names) sv Johanna and its variants (surnames) sv Hansson, sv Jansson, sv Johansson, sv Johannesson, sv Johnsson, sv Jonsson, sv Jönsson Descendants fi Juhana Juhani 1 References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 172 874 males with the given name Johan living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.