John is a given name of Hebrew origin

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John is a traditional male given name of Hebrew origin, commonly interpreted to mean "Yahweh is gracious" or "God is gracious."

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English masculine given name
given name
male given name
associatedWithFigure John of Patmos
John the Apostle
linked to: Apostle John

John the Baptist
derivedFrom Yehochanan
linked to: Yohanan

Yochanan
linked to: Yohanan
etymologicalComponents Yahweh
linked to: Adonai

gracious
genderAssociation masculine
hasMeaning God is gracious
Yahweh is gracious
hasOrigin Hebrew language
linked to: Hebrew
hasReligiousAssociation Christianity
hasScripturalOrigin Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

New Testament
hasVariant Eoin
Evan
Giovanni
Iain
Ian
Ioan
Ioannis
Ivan
Jack
Jan
Jean
Johan
Johann
Johnny
Jon
João
Juan
János
Sean
Shane
isBiblicalName true
nameDayObservedIn various Christian traditions
popularity common in English-speaking countries
usedInLanguage Czech (as Jan)
Danish
Dutch
English
French (as Jean)
German
Greek (as Ioannis)
Irish
Italian (as Giovanni)
Norwegian
linked to: Norwegian language

Polish (as Jan)
Portuguese (as João)
Romanian (as Ion)
Russian (as Ivan)
Scottish
Slovak (as Ján)
Spanish (as Juan)
Swedish
Welsh

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MacJohn hasComponentMeaning John is a given name of Hebrew origin
John Wade hasEtymologicalOrigin John (from Hebrew Yohanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious")
linked to: John is a given name of Hebrew origin
Amy Juergens hasChildNameMeaning John named after biblical figure John
linked to: John is a given name of Hebrew origin
Juanjo etymologicalOriginOfComponent Juan derives from Hebrew name Yochanan
linked to: John is a given name of Hebrew origin