Johan

See also: johan and Jóhan

English

Etymology

An archaic variant of Joan, from Old French Johan, from Latin Johanna.

Proper noun

Johan

1. 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 […]

Usage notes

• Included in the 100 most common given names of women born in Scotland in 1900.

Anagrams

• Jonah

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Johan.

Proper noun

Johan

1. A male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John

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Danish

Proper noun

Johan

1. A male given name derived from Johannes (“John”).

Related terms

• (surnames) Johansen

References

• [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.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Johannes.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Johan ?

1. A male given name

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Faroese

Etymology

From Johannes

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [joˈhan]

Proper noun

Johan m

1. A male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Johan: Johansson
• daughter Johan: Johansdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Johan
Accusative	Johan
Dative	Johani
Genitive	Johans

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Middle English

Proper noun

Johan

1. Alternative form of John

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Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʊˈhɑn/, [jʊˈhɑnː]

Proper noun

Johan

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• The most common given name of men born in Norway in the 1900s decade.

References

• 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.

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Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• Johanne, Juan
• Iohan (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Latin Iōhannēs or Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן‎ (Yōḥānān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʒoˈãn], [ʒo̯ãn]

Proper noun

Johan m

1. A male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John.
2. (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.

Descendants

• Spanish: Juan
  • → Classical Nahuatl: Juan
  • → English: Juan
  • → Tagalog: Juan

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Swedish

Etymology

Short form of Johannes (“John”). First recorded in Sweden in runes in the 11th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʊan/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Johan c (genitive Johans)

1. 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.

Usage notes

• The most common first name of men born in Sweden in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Related terms

• (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

Descendants

• → Finnish: Juhani

References

• 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.