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Johan

See also: johan and Jóhan

English

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Etymology

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

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Johan

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
    • 1893, Frank Peel, Spen Valley, Past and Present, Senior and Co, published 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 […]

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

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch Johan.

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Johan

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

Czech

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Johan m anim (female equivalent Johanová)

  1. a male surname

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Declension of Johan (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Johan Johanové
genitive Johana Johanů
dative Johanovi Johanům
accusative Johana Johany
vocative Johane Johanové
locative Johanovi Johanech
instrumental Johanem Johany

Danish

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Johan

  1. a male given name derived from Johannes (“John”)
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  • [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.

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Johannes.

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Johan m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English John

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Johannes.

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Johan m

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

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Patronymics

  • son of Johan: Johansson
  • daughter Johan: Johansdóttir

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Johan
Accusative Johan
Dative Johani
Genitive Johans

Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian جهان (jahān, “world”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (gyhʾn' /⁠gēhān⁠/, “worldly creatures, world”), from plural genitive form of Proto-Iranian *gay-θā-.

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Johan (Jawi spelling جوهن)

  1. A male given name from Persian, meaning “champion”.

Middle English

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Johan

  1. Alternative form of John

Norwegian

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Etymology

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Medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).

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  • IPA(key): /jʊˈhɑn/, [jʊˈhɑnː]

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Johan

  1. a male given name

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

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  • 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.

Old Leonese

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Etymology

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From Latin Iōannes.

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Johan

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John or J'hone
  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.
    • 1247, Fuero de Campumanes:
      e si elli non for ay dallos cada fiesta de Sant Johan Babtista
      and if him weren't able to give him (the money) each festivy of Saint John the Baptist

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  • Asturian: Xuan
  • Leonese: Xuan
  • Mirandese: Juan, Joan

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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

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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:
      Delãt ierico a .ij. milleros en la riƀa del flum iordan es bethania o baptizaua ſant ioħn baptiſta.
      Two thousand paces from Jericho, on the bank of the Jordan River, is Bethany, where Saint John the Baptist baptized.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish Iohan or short form of Johannes (“John”). First recorded in Sweden in runes in the 11th century.

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Johan

  1. The letter "J" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

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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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

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  • 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.
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