Johann
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Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of Iohannes, which is the Latin form of the Greek name Iōánnēs (), itself derived from Hebrew name Yochanan () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" or "Yahweh is Merciful". Its English language equivalent is John. It is uncommon as a surname.
Key facts
- Given name.name
- Johann
- Given name.gender
- Male
- Given name.meaning
- "Yahweh is gracious", "Graced by Yahweh" (Johanan)
- Given name.region
- Germanic
- Given name.origin
- Hebrew
- Given name.related names
- Jan, John, Johan, Jóhann, Johannes, Juan
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- male given name
- Said to be same as
- Jón
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- Commons category
- Johann (given name)
- given name version for other gender
- Johanna
- native label
- Johann
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- J500
- Cologne phonetics
- 06
- Caverphone
- YN1111
- language of work or name
- Dutch
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Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of Iohannes, which is the Latin form of the Greek name Iōánnēs (), itself derived from Hebrew name Yochanan () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" or "Yahweh is Merciful". Its English language equivalent is John. It is uncommon as a surname.
==People== People with the name Johann include:
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