Ioannes

Latin

Alternative forms

• (with nominatives ending in -ēs) Iōhannēs, Jōannēs, Jōhannēs (post-classical, Medieval Latin)
• (with nominatives ending in -is) Iōannis, Jōannis, Jōhannis (post-classical, Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From the Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), a contraction of the Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān); see English John for more. The pattern was changed from a first declension pattern to a third declension pattern.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯oːˈan.neːs/, [i̯oːˈänːeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /joˈan.nes/, [joˈänːes]

Proper noun

Iōannēs m sg (genitive Iōannis); third declension

1. a male given name from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs) [in turn from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, “God is gracious”)], equivalent to English John
2. John (biblical persons)
   1. John the Baptist
   2. John the Evangelist

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Iōannēs
Genitive	Iōannis
Dative	Iōannī
Accusative	Iōannem
Ablative	Iōanne
Vocative	Iōannēs

Descendants

• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Corsican: Ghjuvan, Ghjuvanni
  • Dalmatian: Zuáne
  • Italian: Giovanni
  • Sicilian: Giuanni
• Padanian:
  • Gallo-Italic
    • Old Lombard: Zoan
      • Lombard: Giuàn
    • Old Piedmontese: Zoan
      • Piedmontese: Giovan, Zovan
  • Rhaeto-Romance
    • Friulian: Zuan
  • Venetian: Giovani, Zani
• Old French: Johan, Jehan (see there for further descendants)
  • French: Jean
  • Norman: Jean
  • → Irish: Seán, Seaán, Seaghán (superseded)
    • → English: Sean, Shaun, Shawn, Shon, Shane
  • → Middle English: John
    • English: John
    • Scots: John
    • Yola: Jone, Joan, Joane
  • → Welsh: Siôn
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: Joan, Jan
  • Occitan: Joan
• Sardinian: Giuanne, Giuanni
• Venetian: Giovani, Zani
• West Iberian
  • Aragonese: Chuan
  • Old Leonese: Johan
    • Asturian: Xuan
    • Extremaduran: Juan
    • Mirandese: João
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: Joan
    • Galician: Xoán
    • Portuguese: João, Joaõ (obsolete), Joam (obsolete)
  • Spanish: Juan
    • → Carolinian: Wan
    • → Classical Nahuatl: Juan
    • → Chinese: → 胡安 (Hú'ān) (transliteration)
    • Don Juan → Chinese: → 唐璜 (transliteration)
    • → English: Juan
    • → Tagalog: Juan
• Old Irish: Iohain
  • Irish: Eoin
  • Manx: Eoin
  • Scottish Gaelic: Eòin
  • • Scottish Gaelic: Iain
      • → English: Ian

Borrowings

• → Danish: Johannes
• → Dutch: Johannes
• → Estonian: Johannes
• → Faroese: Jóhannes
• → Finnish: Johannes
• → German: Johannes
• → Hungarian: János
• → Icelandic: Jóhannes
• → Latvian: Jānis
• → Norwegian: Johannes
• → Serbo-Croatian: Jovan
• → Slovene: Janez
• → Swedish: Johannes
• → Japanese: ヨハネ
• → Welsh: Ifan, Ieuan, Ioan, Iwan
  • → English: Evan

Unsorted borrowings

• → Albanian: Gjon
• → Basque: Jon
• → Breton: Yann
• → Cimbrian: Nåne
• → Czech: Jan
• → Manx: Ean
• → Manx: Juan
• → Polish: Jan
• → Slovak: Ján
• → Lower Sorbian: Jan
• → Upper Sorbian: Jan

References

• “Jōannes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  “Jōannis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ioannes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.