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Usage
Old Norse
Old Swedish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Finnish
Greenlandic
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Origin and Meaning
Latinised form of the Greek name Ιωαννης (Ioannes, New Testament), which is a contracted form of the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan), a combination of JO and HANN, meaning 'God is gracious' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Related Names
For female forms see: Johanna
For short forms see: Jo, Jos
See also
- Arabic: Yahya
- Bulgarian: Ioan 2
- Dutch: Jannis
- Czech: Jano
- Croatian: Jano
- English: John
- Finnish: Ihannus, Jassi, Juhani
- Frisian: Jannis, Jinke
- German: Gotthold (translation), Hanke, Hannes, Hans, Henne, Johann, Johenning, John
- Greek: Ioannis
- Greenlandic: Johansinnguaq, Juãnase
- Hungarian: Janos
- Italian: Giovanni
- Latvian: Janis
- Old Norse: Ióhan, Ión
- Old Swedish: Jonis
- Polish: Janusz
- Portuguese: João
- Romani: Django
- Romanian: Ioan 2, Ionuț
- Russian: Ivan
- Serbian: Jano
- Slovak: Jano
- Slovene: Janez
- Spanish: Juan
- Welsh: Ieuan, Ioan 2
Male
Johanneksenpoika
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Johannesen
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Johanneson
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Johannessen
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Johannesson
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Johannessøn
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Johannesøn
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Female
Johanneksentytär
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Johannesdatter
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Johannesdotter
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Combinations
See JO and HANN (name elements)
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Johannes
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Genitive: |
Johannes'
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- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Johannes
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Genitive: |
Johanneksen
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Partitive: |
Johannesta
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- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Johannes
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Genitive: |
Johannes'
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- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Johannes
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Genitive: |
Johannes' / Johannes
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Name Days
Denmark
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6 May
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Denmark
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29 August
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Denmark
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27 December
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Finland
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24 June
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Norway
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24 June
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 Finland (Swedish Language)
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24 June
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Sweden
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24 June
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Sweden
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27 December
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Bible
- Johannes Baptist in the New Testament
- Apostle Johannes in the New Testament, who is regarded as the author of the fourth Gospel and Revelation
Namesakes
- Denmark:
- Johannes Ewald (18 November 1743 – 17 March 1781), Danish national dramatist and poet
- Jens Johannes Jørgensen (6 November 1866 in Svendborg – 29 May 1956), Danish author
- Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, 23 April 1867 – 30 January 1928, Danish scientist, physician, professor of pathological anatomy and Nobel laureate
(Physiology or Medicine, 1926)
- Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, 20 January 1873 – 25 November 1950, Danish author and Nobel laureate
(Literature, 1944)
- Finland:
- Sweden:
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
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Finland[8] |
|
n.a. |
258298 |
n.a. |
39 |
n.a. |
258259 |
Sweden[9] |
|
10110 |
32492 |
4 |
32 |
10106 |
32460 |
Denmark[10] |
|
6993 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
6993 |
n.a. |
Greenland[11] |
|
300 |
1147 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Iceland[12] |
|
12 |
29 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[13] |
|
8699 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
8699 |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only |
&: count of both main and additional first names |
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [9][10][13][8]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [14]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Johannes (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables