Johan
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
An archaic variant of Joan, from Old French Johan, from Latin Johanna.
Proper nounEdit
Johan
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- 1893 Frank Peel, Spen Valley, Past and Present, Senior and Co., 1893, page 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 […]
- 1893 Frank Peel, Spen Valley, Past and Present, Senior and Co., 1893, page 64:
Usage notesEdit
- Included in the 100 most common given names of women born in Scotland in 1900.
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
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Proper nounEdit
Johan
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John
DanishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Johan
- a male given name derived from Johannes (“John”).
Related termsEdit
- (surnames) Johansen
ReferencesEdit
- [1] 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.
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Johannes.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
Proper nounEdit
Johan ?
- a male given name
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Johannes
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Johan m
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John
Usage notesEdit
Patronymics
- son of Johan: Johansson
- daughter Johan: Johansdóttir
DeclensionEdit
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Johan |
| Accusative | Johan |
| Dative | Johani |
| Genitive | Johans |
Middle EnglishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Johan
- Alternative form of John
NorwegianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Johan
- a male given name.
Usage notesEdit
- The most common given name of men born in Norway in the 1900s decade.
ReferencesEdit
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 862 males with the given name Johan living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Old SpanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Iōhannēs or Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Johan m
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John.
- (biblical, 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.
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 31r.
- Delát ierico a. ij. milleros en la rib́a del flum iordan es bethania o baptizaua ſant ioh́n baptiſta.
- Two thousand paces from Jericho, on the bank of the Jordan River, is Bethany, where Saint John the Baptist baptized.
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 31r.
DescendantsEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Short form of Johannes (“John”). First recorded in Sweden in runes in the 11th century.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Johan c (genitive Johans)
- a male given name.
- 1975 Christer Kihlman, Dyre prins, Wahlström & Widstrand, →ISBN, page 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.
- 1975 Christer Kihlman, Dyre prins, Wahlström & Widstrand, →ISBN, page 113:
Usage notesEdit
- The most common first name of men born in Sweden in the 1970s and the 1980s.
Related termsEdit
- (male given names) Hampus, Hannes, Hans, Ivan, Jan, Janne, Jens, Johannes, John, Johnny, Jon, Jonny, Jöns
- (female given names) Johanna and its variants
- (surnames) Hansson, Jansson, Johansson, Johannesson, Johnsson, Jonsson, Jönsson
DescendantsEdit
- → Finnish: Juhani
ReferencesEdit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.