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John

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given name masculine given name

John is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in English-speaking countries and borne by numerous historical and contemporary figures.

Statements (94)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	given name → masculine given name →
associatedWith	Christian tradition → New Testament →
category	Biblical given names → English masculine given names → Theophoric names →
commonIn	Australia → Canada → English-speaking countries → Ireland → New Zealand → United Kingdom → United States →
etymologyFrom	Greek Iōannēs → Hebrew Yochanan via Latin Iohannes →
frequency	very common given name in English-speaking countries →
gender	masculine →
hasDiminutive	Jack → Jackie → Jock → Johan → Johnny →
hasNameDay	various dates depending on country →
hasOrigin	Hebrew language → Hebrew name Yochanan →
hasVariant	Evan → Giovanni → Ian → Ioan → Ivan → Jan → Jean → Johan → Johanis → Johannes → Jonathan → Juan → János → Seán → Shaun → Shawn →
languageOfUse	Afrikaans → Albanian → Arabic → Armenian → Basque → Belarusian → Breton → Bulgarian → Catalan → Croatian → Czech → Danish → Dutch → English → Estonian → Finnish → French → Galician → Georgian → German → Greek → Hungarian → Icelandic → Indonesian → Irish → Italian → Latvian → Lithuanian → Macedonian → Maltese → Norwegian → Occitan → Persian → Polish → Portuguese → Romanian → Russian → Scottish Gaelic → Serbian → Slovak → Slovene → Spanish → Swahili → Swedish → Tagalog → Turkish → Ukrainian → Welsh →
meaning	God is gracious → Yahweh is gracious →
usedBy	numerous contemporary figures → numerous historical figures →

Referenced by (174)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Barry Humphries → Carroll O’Connor → Hondo → J. B. S. Haldane → J. Gresham Machen → J. R. R. Tolkien → Jack Hemingway → Jack Swigert → Jeb Bush → John → John A. Lejeune → John A. Volpe → John A. Wilson → John Alan Robinson → John Alexander → John Armstrong Jr. → John Aspinwall Roosevelt → John B. Taylor → John Balfe → John Balliol → John Barry → John Barry → John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton → John Bingham → John Bradford → John Bucyk → John Burgoyne → John C. Breckinridge → John Carlson → John Cassavetes → John Charles Fields → John Charles Francis → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough → John Clive → John Connally → John Cotton → John Dailey → John Danforth → John David Stier → John Dean → John Desmond Bernal → John Dewey → John Dickinson → John Diefenbaker → John Donahoe → John Dustin Archbold → John Edward Gray → John Edward Thomas Moynahan → John Ehrlichman → John Eisenhower → John Francis Daley → John Frederick Kensett → John G. Avildsen → John G. Trump → John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough → John Gilroy → John Glenn → John Grandy → John Greenleaf Whittier → John H. Conway → John Hampden → John Hancock → John Hanson → John Harbaugh → John Harbison → John Hardin → John Hathorne → John Havlicek → John Hay → John Houseman → John Howard → John Hume → John Hyrcanus I → John II of Castile → John III Sobieski → John Inverdale → John J. McCloy → John Jacob Astor IV → John Krasinski → John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence → John Leverett → John Lund → John Luther → John Major → John Marshall → John Michael Bishop → John Milnor → John Monk Saunders → John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich → John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich → John Most → John N. Mitchell → John N. Mitchell → John Nance Garner → John Newton → John Obi Mikel → John O’Neill → John Parker → John Pepys → John Pilger → John Pitcairn → John Pitt → John Pym → John Quincy Adams → John Quincy Adams II → John R. Hicks → John R. Rickford → John R. Steelman → John Ralston Saul → John Ramsay McCulloch → John Randolph of Roanoke → John Reid (New Zealand cricketer) → John Roger Stephens → John Russell Houston Jr. → John Sharp → John Smoltz → John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough → John Stevens Henslow → John Sullivan → John Teller → John Templeton → John Tillotson → John Turner → John Underhill → John VIII Palaiologos → John Vachon → John Vanbrugh → John W. Draper → John W. McCormack → John W. Nordstrom → John W. Raymond → John W. Wydler → John W. Wydler → John Warner → John Warnock → John Wesley → John Whitgift → John Wilkes Booth → John Wilkinson → John William Wallace → John William Waterhouse → John Williams → John de Robeck → Johnny Logan → Johnny Pesky → Johnny Torrio → Johnny Unitas → Jon Anderson → Lord Jellicoe → Lord Rayleigh → Prince John of the United Kingdom →	givenName
John Byron Nelson Jr. → John Edgar Hoover → John H. Conway → John H. Lawrence → John Havlicek → John Kirk → John Merrill → John Perry Barlow →	hasGivenName
John Bardeen → John Nance Garner →	sharesGivenNameWith
Jackson →	derivedFromGivenName
Jack →	diminutiveOf
Seán →	equivalentNameInEnglish
Ian →	etymologicallyRelatedTo
John Everett Millais →	given name
Johann →	hasCognate
Ian →	isCognateOf
Sean →	isCognateWith
Michael J. Smith →	middleName
John →	regnalName
Johnson →	relatedGivenName
Johanus →	sharesEtymologicalRootWith
Jack →	shortFormOf