Johannes
Johannes is the Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek name Ιωάννης, itself derived from the Hebrew name
Yehochanan meaning "Yahweh is gracious". The name became popular in Northern Europe, especially in Germany. Common German variants for Johannes are
Johann,
Hans,
Hannes,
Jens and
Jan. Jan is a variant of John known in Catalan, Czech, Slovenian, Dutch, Scandinavian, Cornish, German, Afrikaans and Northern Germanic. Polish has its own variant Janusz as has Slovenian "Janez". Common English variants for Johannes are
Johanan,
John,
Johnny. In French is Jean, in Spanish Juan, in Portuguese is João, in Catalan is Joan, in Russian - Иван, in Lithuanian - Jonas, in Armenian is Hovhannes, in Romanian is Ioan and in Italian is Giovanni. In Indonesia, it is
Yohanes. The Irish or Scottish Gaelic equivalent is
Eoghan or
Eóin, and in Welsh it is
Ieuan or
Ifan, anglicized as "Evan".