John
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John is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in English-speaking countries and borne by numerous historical and contemporary figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John canonical | 652 |
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 of America ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew language
Hebrew name Yochanan ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Evan
ⓘ
Giovanni ⓘ Ian ⓘ Ioan ⓘ Ivan ⓘ Jan ⓘ Jean ⓘ Johan ⓘ Johanus ⓘ
surface form:
Johanis
Johannes ⓘ Jonathan ⓘ Juan ⓘ János ⓘ Seán ⓘ Shaun ⓘ Shawn ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Afrikaans
ⓘ
Albanian ⓘ Arabic ⓘ Armenian ⓘ Basque ⓘ Belarusian ⓘ Breton ⓘ Bulgarian language ⓘ
surface form:
Bulgarian
Catalan ⓘ Croatian ⓘ Czech ⓘ Danish ⓘ Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ Estonian ⓘ Finnish ⓘ French ⓘ Galician language ⓘ
surface form:
Galician
Georgian ⓘ German ⓘ Greek ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ Icelandic ⓘ Indonesian ⓘ Irish ⓘ Italian ⓘ Latvian ⓘ Lithuanian ⓘ Macedonian ⓘ Maltese ⓘ Norwegian ⓘ Occitan ⓘ Persian ⓘ Polish ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
Romanian ⓘ Russian ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ Serbian ⓘ Slovak language ⓘ
surface form:
Slovak
Slovene ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ
surface form:
Swahili
Swedish ⓘ Tagalog ⓘ Turkish ⓘ Ukrainian ⓘ Welsh ⓘ |
| meaning |
God is gracious
ⓘ
Yahweh is gracious ⓘ |
| usedBy |
numerous contemporary figures
ⓘ
numerous historical figures ⓘ |
Referenced by (652)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Sharp
subject surface form:
John Armstrong Jr.
subject surface form:
John Bardeen
subject surface form:
John Grandy