Johannes name - Meaning of Johannes
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 5
- Usage
- German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- yo-HAH-nes (German) , yo-HAHN-nus (Dutch)
- Johannes Meaning
- Latin form of Ioannes (see John). The astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) and the composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) are famous bearers of this name. Johannes is a Dutch, German and Scandinavian form of John. John originates in Hebrew language and means "God is merciful". It has been one of the most popular masculine given names over centuries, and in different spellings all over the world. Throughout history it was borne by numerous kings, princes, emperors, popes and saints, the most famous being John the Baptist and John the Apostle. More recently, the famous bearers include John F. Kennedy and John Lennon.
Johannes Related Names
Variants: Jan, Johann (German), Johan (Low German), Jan, Johan (Dutch), Jan, Jens, Johan, Jon (Swedish), Jan, Jens, Johan, Jon (Norwegian), Jan, Jens, Johan, Jon (Danish), Jani, Janne, Joni, Jouni, Juhana, Juhani (Finnish), Jaan, Juhan (Estonian), Joannes (Late Roman)
Diminutives: Hannes, Hans, Jo (German), Hanke (Low German), Hanne, Hannes, Hans, Jo, Joop (Dutch), Hampus, Hans, Hasse, Janne (Swedish), Hans (Norwegian), Hans, Jannick, Jannik (Danish), Hannes, Hannu, Juha, Juho, Jukka, Jussi (Finnish)
Feminine Forms: Jana, Janina (German), Jana, Janna, Janneke, Jantine, Jantje (Dutch), Janina, Janna, Jannicke, Jannike (Swedish), Janina (Finnish), Johanna (Late Roman)
Other Languages: Deshaun, Deshawn, Keshaun, Keshawn, Rashaun, Rashawn (African American), Gjon (Albanian), Yahya (Arabic), Hovhannes, Ohannes (Armenian), Ganix, Ion, Jon (Basque), Yan (Belarusian), John (Biblical), Ioannes (Biblical Greek), Yehochanan, Yochanan (Biblical Hebrew), Iohannes (Biblical Latin), Yann, Yanick, Yannic, Yannick (Breton), Ioan, Ivan, Yan, Yoan, Ivo, Yanko (Bulgarian), Joan, Jan (Catalan), Jowan (Cornish), Ghjuvan (Corsican), Ivan, Ivica, Ivo, Janko, Vanja (Croatian), Ivan, Jan, Johan, Honza, Janek (Czech), Evan, Ian, Ivan, John, Sean, Shane, Shaun, Shawn, Hank, Jack, Jackie, Jake, Johnie, Johnnie, Johnny, Jon, Shayne, Van (English), Johano, Joĉjo (Esperanto), Jean, Yann, Jeannot, Yanick, Yannic, Yannick (French), Xoán (Galician), Ioane, Ivane, Vano (Georgian), Ioannes, Ioannis, Yanni, Yannis, Yianni, Yiannis (Greek), Keoni (Hawaiian), Yochanan (Hebrew), János, Jancsi, Jani, Janika (Hungarian), Jóhann, Jóhannes, Jón (Icelandic), Eoin, Sean, Seán, Shane (Irish), Giovanni, Gian, Gianni, Giannino, Nino, Vanni (Italian), Jānis (Latvian), Sjang, Sjeng (Limburgish), Jonas (Lithuanian), Ivan, Jovan, Ivo (Macedonian), Ean, Juan (Manx), Hann, Jan, Jon, Hankin, Jackin, Jankin (Medieval English), Jehan (Medieval French), Zuan (Medieval Italian), Joan (Occitan), Iwan, Jan, Janusz, Janek (Polish), João, Joãozinho (Portuguese), Ioan, Ion, Iancu, Ionel, Ionuț, Nelu (Romanian), Ioann, Ivan, Vanya (Russian), Juhán (Sami), Eoin, Iain, Ian, Jock, Seoc (Scottish), Ivan, Jovan, Ivo, Janko, Vanja (Serbian), Ján, Janko (Slovak), Ivan, Jan, Janez, Žan, Anže, Janko (Slovene), Iván, Juan, Xuan, Juanito (Spanish), Yahya (Turkish), Ivan (Ukrainian), Evan, Iefan, Ieuan, Ifan, Ioan, Iwan, Siôn, Ianto (Welsh)
Johannes Celebrities
Johannes V. Jensen - author, Johannes Brahms - composer, Johannes Kepler - astronomer, Johannes Vermeer - artist, Johannes Fibiger - scientist,
