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Other language forms for the name
John:
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Chon
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Dzon,
Džon (Congolese, Serbian)
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Ean (
Manx)
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Eoin (
Irish)
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Evan (
Welsh)
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Ewan (
Scottish Gaelic)
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Ganix (
Basque)
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Giăng (
Vietnamese, Protestant
Giăng)
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Giovanni,
Ivan (
Italian)
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Gioan (
Vietnamese, Catholic
Gioan)
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Gioann (West-
Lombard)
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Giovanni,
Gianni (
Italian)
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Giuàn (
Emiliano-Romagnolo)
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Gion
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Gjon,
Gjoni or
Gjin (
Albanian)
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Hannes (
German from Johannes)
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Hannu (
Finnish)
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Hans (
Dutch,
German,
Swedish from Johannes)
- Henna (
Arabic: حنّا)
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Hoani (
Māori)
[1]
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Hone (
Māori)
[2]
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Honza (
Czech)
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Hovanes or
Hovannes (
Armenian)
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Ian (English)
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Iain (
Scottish Gaelic—common form, though Ian is used in English)
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Ianto (
Welsh)
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Ibane,
Ibon (
Basque)
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Ifan (
Welsh)
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Ioan (
Romanian, Welsh)
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Ioane (Samoan)
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Ioannis (Greek)
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Ion (Romanian, Basque)
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Ionel (Romanian)
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Ieuan (
Welsh)
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Ivan (
Bulgarian,
Croatian,
Russian,
Ukrainian and other
Slavic language nations)
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Ivanko (
Ukrainian)
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Ivo (
Croatian and some other
Slavic language nations)
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Jaan (
Estonian)
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Jack (nickname for John; not traditionally a name in itself)
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Jan (
Catalan,
Czech,
Dutch,
Polish,
Norwegian)
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Ján (
Slovak)
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Jani (
Finnish)
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Janez (
Slovene)
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Jānis (
Latvian)
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Janko (Slovak, Hungarian)
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Janek (Czech)
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Janne (Finnish)
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János (
Hungarian)
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Jăvan (Chuvash)
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Jean (
French)
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Jens (Danish)
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Jhonas (Hebrew)
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Joan (
Catalan)
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Joanes (
Basque)
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Jóannes (
Faroese)
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João (
Portuguese)
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Johaiñe (Basque from Zuberoa/Soule province)
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Johan (Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, Faroese, Afrikaans)
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Johann (Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)
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Jóhann (Icelandic, Faroese)
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Johannes (Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch)
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Jóhannes (
Icelandic)
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Jon (Basque, Norwegian)
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ジョン (Jon) (
Japanese)
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Jón
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Jonas (Lithuanian, Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch)
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Jovan (Serbian)
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Juan (Spanish, Filipino,
Manx)
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Juhan (Estonian)
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Juhani (Finnish)
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Jöns (Swedish)
[3]
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Manex (Basque)
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Nelu (Romanian)
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Nzuá (Angolan)
- Ohan (Armenian)
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Seán (
Irish Seán, after the French Jean)
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Shane (Anglicised form of Seán)
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Shaun (American form of Sean)
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Shawn (Anglicised form of Seán)
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Sheik (Arabic)
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Siôn (Welsh)
- Sione (Tongan)
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Soane (Tongan)
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ᏣᏂ (Tsani) (
Cherokee) in
Cherokee syllabary
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Xoán (
Galician)
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Yaḥyā يحيى, (
Arabic,
Turkish and
Persian, for
John the Baptist)
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Yan (
Indonesian)
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Yanka (
Belarusian)
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Yann (
Breton)
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Yiannis (Greek)
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Vanya (Russian)
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Yochanan /
Yohanan (יוֹחָנָן) (
Hebrew)
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Yohannan (
Malayalam)
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Yohannes (
Ethiopian)
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Yohan,
Yohanes (
Indonesian, Malaysian)
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Yohan (
Sinhalese, Sri Lankan)
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Yohanni (
Makhuwa)
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요한(Yohan)(
Korean)
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Yonnachan (
Malayalam)
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Youhanna (
يُوحَنّا) (Arabic and
Persian, for
John the Apostle)
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Youhannon (
Malayalam)
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Yuhana (
Mandaic)
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Yuhanna (
Syriac)
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約翰 [
zh] (Yuēhàn) (
Chinese in
Traditional Chinese characters,
Protestant translation)
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若望 [
zh] (Ruò wàng) (
Chinese in
Traditional Chinese characters,
Catholic Church translation)
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強 (Qiáng) (
Chinese in
Traditional Chinese characters, colloquial transliteration based on English; literally "strong")
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Zane
See also
References