An archaic variant ofJoan, fromOld FrenchJohan, fromLatinJohanna. Cf.John.
Johan
- A femalegiven name from Hebrew.
1893, Frank Peel,Spen Valley, Past and Present, Senior and Co, published1893, page64:William, the youthful heir, grew up, married and died, as we have already seen, of the sweating sickness, leaving only a daughter namedJohan or Jennett, who was but two months old at his death[…]
- Included in the 100 most common given names of women born in Scotland in 1900.
FromDutchJohan.
Johan
- a malegiven name from Hebrew, equivalent to EnglishJohn
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Johan m anim (female equivalentJohanová)
- a malesurname
Declension ofJohan (hard masculine animate)
- “Johan”, inPříjmení.cz (in Czech)
Johan
- a malegiven name derived fromJohannes(“John”)
- [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.
FromJohannes.
Johan m
- a malegiven name, equivalent to EnglishJohn
FromJohannes.
Johan m
- a malegiven name from Hebrew, equivalent to EnglishJohn
Patronymics
- son of Johan:Johansson
- daughter of Johan:Johansdóttir
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Borrowed fromClassical Persianجهان(jahān,“world”), fromMiddle Persian[script needed](gyhʾn'/gēhān/,“worldly creatures, world”), from plural genitive form ofProto-Iranian*gay-θā-.
Johan (Jawi spellingجوهن)
- a malegiven name from Persian, meaning “champion”
Johan
- alternative form ofJohn
Medieval short form ofJohannes(“John”).
Johan
- a malegiven name
- The most common given name of men born in Norway in the 1900s decade.
- 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.
FromLatinIōannes.
Johan
- a malegiven name from Hebrew, equivalent to EnglishJohn orJ'hone
- (biblical, Christianity) The name of several persons in the Christian Bible, among themJohn the Baptist,John the Apostle,John the Evangelist andJohn of Patmos.
1247,Fuero de Campumanes:e sielli non for ay dallos cada fiesta de SantJohan Babtista- and ifhim weren't able to give him (the money) each festivy of SaintJohn the Baptist
FromLatinIōhannēs orIōannēs, fromAncient GreekἸωάννης(Iōánnēs), fromHebrewיוֹחָנָן(Yōḥānān).
Johan m
- a malegiven name from Hebrew, equivalent to EnglishJohn
- (biblical, Christianity) The name of several persons in the Christian Bible, among themJohn the Baptist,John the Apostle,John the Evangelist andJohn of Patmos.
c.1200, Almerich,Fazienda de Ultramar,f. 31r:Delãt ierico a .ij. milleros en la riƀa del flum iordan es bethania o baptizaua ſantioħn baptiſta.- [Delant Jerico a dos milleros, en la ribera del flum Jordan, es Bethania. o baptizava SantJohan Baptista.]
- Two thousand paces from Jericho, on the bank of the Jordan River, is Bethany, where SaintJohn the Baptist baptized.
FromOld SwedishIohan or short form ofJohannes(“John”). First recorded in Sweden inrunes in the 11th century.
Johan
- The letter "J" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
Johan c (genitiveJohans)
- a malegiven name
1975, Christer Kihlman,Dyre prins, Wahlström & Widstrand,→ISBN, page113: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, somJohan eller Henrik eller Carl-Gustaf. Till och med Max och Moritz och Niklas hade gått an.- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
- The most common first name of men born in Sweden in the 1970s and the 1980s.
- (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
- 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.
