Johannes

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Latinised form of the Greek name Ιωαννης (Ioannes, New Testament), which is a contracted form of the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan), a combination of JO and HANN, meaning 'God is gracious' [1] [2]

Related Names

     
Iohannes ♂ Old Danish
Jannes ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Jannis ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Janos ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Jehans ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Jóanes ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Jóanis ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Joannes ♂ Old Danish
Jóannes ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Jóannis ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Johanas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Johánas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Johannes ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Norse Swedish
Jóhannes ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Icelandic
Jóhannis ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Jóhannus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Johans ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Johenning ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
Ujuaansi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Greenlandic

See also Gotthold, Hannes, Hans, Hennika, Ieuan, Ihannus, Ióhan, Ivan, Jannike, Jannik, Jo, Johan, Johann, Johanna, John, Jon, Juhani, Jöns

Combinations

See JO and HANN (name elements)

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

6 May

Denmark Denmark

29 August

Denmark Denmark

27 December

Finland Finland

24 June

Norway Norway

24 June

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

24 June

Sweden Sweden

24 June

Sweden Sweden

27 December

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1160 [1]

Namesakes

Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, 23 April 1867 – 30 January 1928, Danish scientist, physician, professor of pathological anatomy and Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1926)

Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, 20 January 1873 – 25 November 1950, Danish author and Nobel laureate (Literature, 1944)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 1 7 9351 31185
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 7204 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 0 5756 7265
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m5.png n.a. 11 n.a 241687
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][4][5][6]:Name statistics for Johannes(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Johannes(m)


Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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