John

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
Danish
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Low German and English short form of Johannes ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Related Names

John	♂
Johna	♀
Johnna	♀

See also Dion, Ian, Johnna, Johnny, Jonke, Jonte

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

24 June

Sweden

3 May

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	John
Accusative:	John
Dative:	Johni
Genitive:	Johns

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1729 ^[2]

Namesakes

Johan (John) Ericsson (31 July 1803 – 8 March 1889), Swedish inventor and mechanical engineer

John Daniel Lyng, former Prime Minister of Norway (1963)

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	29295	n.a
Sweden[5]		2	26	24332	66757
Norway[6]		0	0	4735	20361
Finland[7]		n.a.	8	n.a	7509
#: 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^[5][4][6][7]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[6]:

Sources: ^{[5] [4] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi