Yohannan
/joʊˈhænən/noun
A masculine personal name, an Aramaic and Hebrew form related to John, meaning that Yahweh has shown favor.
Did you know?Yohannan is the Semitic form behind the Greek Iōannēs and the English John, linking an ancient Hebrew name to figures such as John the Baptist and the apostle John.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*ḥanān
“To show favor, be gracious, or have mercy”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān)
“Yahweh is gracious”
Imperial Aramaic
Aramaic
יוחנן (Yōḥānān)
“Yahweh has shown favor”
Ancient Greek
Greek
Ἰωάννης (Iōannēs)
“A Greek rendering of the Hebrew-Aramaic personal name”
Late Latin
Latin
Iohannes
“The Latin form inherited from Greek”
Middle English
English
John
“The established English form of the name”
Modern English
English
Yohannan
“A modern transliteration retaining the Semitic form”