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Etymology
L. Johannes, New Testament Greek polytonic|Ἰ�άννη� (I�ánn�s), contraction from Hebrew ���נ�|��ֹ�ָנָ� IPAchar|(J�ħ�n�n, Johanan perhaps from a former J^�hôħ�n�n), meaning "God is gracious".

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/ʤ�n/, SAMPA|/dZQn/
(General American|US) IPA|/ʤ�n/, SAMPA|/dZAn/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�n|-�n

Alternative spellings
Jon male given name only

Proper noun
en-proper noun
book of the Bible|Gospel of John

1. given name|male very popular since the Middle Ages.
2. biblical Two persons of great importance to early Christianity: John the Baptist and w:John the Apostle|John the Apostle, identified with w:John the Evangelist|John the Evangelist.
3. biblical The Gospel of St. John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels.
4. biblical One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).
5. colloquial Used frequently to form an idea personified John Bull, John Barleycorn (see derivations below).
6. colloquial A name used to address a man whose actual name is not known: John Doe.

Quotations
1611 w:King James Version of the Bible|King James Version of the Bible John 1:6
::There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

See also
feminine forms:Jane,Jean, Joan, Joanna, Joanne
pet forms:Johnnie, Johnny, Jack, Hank

Euan
Evan
Ewan
Ian, Iain (Scottish)
mid
Ivan
Sean (Irish)
Shane
Shaun

Synonyms
name used to address a man whose actual name is not known
i-c|standard sir
i-c|colloquial or slang boy (especially to a younger man), bro (US, New Zealand), gov or guv (British), guvnor (British), Mac (US), man (especially US), mate (British, Australian), mister, son (to a younger man)

Translations
trans-top|male given name- the standard or most popular form
Basque: Ion, Johanes, Manes (Manex)
Bosnian: Jovan#Bosnian|Jovan, Ivan#Bosnian|Ivan
Breton: Yann
Catalan: Joan
Czech: Jan
Danish: Jens
Dutch: Jan, Johan, Johannes
Filipino: Juan
Finnish: Juhana, Juhani
French: Jean#French|Jean
Galician: Xoán
German: Johann
Hungarian: János
Irish: Eóin, Seán
Italian: Giovanni<!-- , Gianni m, Nanni m.-->
Japanese: ��� (Jon)
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Lithuanian: Jonas
Low Saxon: Johan
Maltese: Ä wann m, Ä wanni m, Ä anni m, Ä ann m<!--, Ä wanna f, Ä anna m, Ä ovanna f-->
Norwegian: Johan, Jon
Polish: Jan, Iwan<!--, Janek-->
Portuguese: João
Romanian: Ioan, Ion, Ionel
Russian: �ван (Iván)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �ован#Serbian|�ован, �ван#Serbian|�ван
:Roman: Jovan#Serbian|Jovan, Ivan#Serbian|Ivan
Scottish Gaelic: Iain, Ian, Eóin|Eòin, Seathan
Slovene: Janez, Ivan
Spanish: Juan, Juanito; Ibáñez ("Johnson")
Swedish: Johan
Welsh: Ioan, Ieuan, Siôn
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trans-top|biblical persons
Danish: Johannes
Estonian: Johannes
Finnish: Johannes
French: Jean
German: Johannes
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (Yohan, used in Japanese Christian Bibles'')
Latin: Ioannes
Lithuanian: Jonas
Norwegian: Johannes
Swedish: Johannes
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trans-top|the fourth gospel
Danish: (Evangeliet etter) Johannes; Joh
Estonian: Johannese (evangeelium); Jh
Finnish: Johannes, Evankeliumi Johanneksen mukaan; Joh.
French: (�vangile selon) Jean; Jn
trans-mid
German: (Das Evangelium nach) Johannes; Joh
Japanese: ��������� (yohane ni yoro fukuinsho)
Norwegian: (Evangeliet etter) Johannes; Joh
Swedish: Johannes, Johannesevangeliet; Joh.
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trans-top|one of the epistles of John
Danish: Johannes, Johannesbrev, 1,2,3 Joh
Estonian: Johannese, 1,2,3 Jh
Finnish: Johannes, Johanneksen kirje, 1,2,3 Joh.
French: Jean,1,2,3 Jn
trans-mid
German: Johannes, 1,2,3 Joh
Japanese: ������ (yohane no tegami)
Norwegian: Johannes, Johannes' første/andre/tredje brev, 1,2,3 Joh
Swedish: Johannes, Johannesbrevet, 1,2,3 Joh.
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trans-top|name used to address a man whose name is not known
Dutch: Jan, Dinges
trans-mid
German: Otto
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Arabic: ARchar|��ح�ا (yūħanna)
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ���ܢܢ (Yūkhan�n)
:Hebrew: ���נ� (Yūkhan�n)
Chinese (Traditional Chinese|traditional, Simplified Chinese|simplified) �翰, 约翰
:Cantonese (Jyutping): joek³ hon⁶
:Mandarin (Pinyin): Yu�hàn
:Min Nan (POJ): Io�k-h�n
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Greek: ��αννη� (Yóannis), �ιάννη� (Giánnis)
Vietnamese: Giôn
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Derived terms

John Barleycorn
John Bull
John Doe
John Dory
mid
John Q. Public
Johnny Reb
John the Baptist
John Thomas

Danish

Proper noun
John

1. given name|male||da: borrowed from English.

Norwegian

Proper noun
John

1. given name|male||no: borrowed from English.

Swedish

Proper noun
John

1. given name|male||sv: borrowed from English in the eighteenth century, quite popular in Sweden.

zh-min-nan:John
br:John
de:John
et:John
fr:John
ko:John
is:John
it:John
la:John
ja:John
pl:John
ru:John
sr:John
fi:John
sv:John

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