Johannes

Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name Yehochanan, meaning "YHWH is gracious". The name became popular in Northern Europe, especially in Germany because of Christianity. Common German variants for Johannes are Johann, Hannes, Hans (diminutized to Hänschen or Hänsel, as known from "Hansel and Gretel", a fairy tale by the Grimm brothers), Jens (from Danish) and Jan (from Dutch, and found in many countries). In the Netherlands, Johannes was without interruption the most common masculine birth name until 1989. Johannes is also a popular name in South Africa, particularly among Afrikaners, due to Dutch colonial influences in the region. The English equivalent for Johannes is John.

== In other languages == Chuan − Aragonese Eóin − Irish, Scottish Gaelic Giovanni − Italian Gjon, Gjin − Albanian Hannes, Hans, Ioan, Iohannis, Jan, Janne, Jens, Jon, Jonas, Yohannes − various Hovhannes − Armenian Ieuan, Ifan, Ianto, anglicized as "Evan" − Welsh Ivan − Slavic Jaan, Jaanus, Juhan, Juku, Juss − Estonian Jani − Finnish, Hungarian Jānis − Latvian János − Hungarian Jean − French Joan − Catalan, Valencian, Occitan Jóannes − Faroese João − Portuguese John − English Juan − Spanish, Manx Gaelic Juhani, Juha, Jukka, Hannu, Jussi, Jonne, Joni − Finnish Juho − Estonian, Finnish Xoán − Galician Yahya − Arabic, Turkish Zhaqiya (Жақия) − Kazakh