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''"Sean" redirects here. For the Street Fighter character, see Sean (Street Fighter).''
'John' (IPA: or ) is a common English name for males.
Since the time of the Crusades, John has been a common given name in English speaking countries, and either it or William was the number one name in England and English speaking North America from around 1550 until the middle of the twentieth century. John was the most popular name given to boys in the United States until 1924, and though its use has fallen off gradually since then, John was still the 20th most common name for male infants on the Social Security Administration's list of names given in 2006.^[1] It was also long the most common male name in the UK, but by 2004 it had fallen out of the top 50 names for newborn boys in England and Wales.^[2] By contrast Jack, which was originally a nickname for John but is now established as a name in its own right, was the most popular name given to newborn boys in England and Wales every year from 1995 to 2005.^2[3]
In Great Britain, King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215; Prince Alexander ''John'', the youngest son of King Edward VII, died shortly after birth, and Prince John, the youngest son of King George V, died in his sleep in 1919. As such, the name John has been considered unlucky by the British Royal Family and its use avoided. It was reported that Diana, Princess of Wales wished to name her elder son "John", after her own father, but was prevented from doing so by royal tradition.
The name ''John'' derives from the Latin 'Johanne', simplified from Johannes, which derives from Greek 'Ἰωάννης', 'Iōannēs', in turn from Mishnaic Hebrew 'יוחנן' '', 'Yohanan', during the Second Temple Period, after both John the Apostle and John the Baptist, with the original meaning being "Yahweh is gracious."
Johanne has variants: 'Iohann', 'Ion', and 'Ivan' where v is pronounced as 'u' - note, the letter J was derived from I, and V from U: compare the Spanish, 'Juan', and Russian 'Ivan' and the Portuguese 'Juo' and 'Ivo' (now 'João').
John was first used in England with the arrival of the Normans in the 11th century and has been in regular use in the English speaking world since the 16th century. Prior to the adoption into English of the letter 'J', the letter 'I' was used. Seventeenth Century English texts still spelt the name 'Iohn' (compare the Romanian 'Ion').
Pet, diminutive, alternative and other language forms are:

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★ Johnny/Johnnie

★ Yohanna (arabic: يوحنا) the Arabic language derivative.

★ Yahya (arabic: يحيى)

★ Eoin (Irish language derivation of Seán; in Irish and Scottish Gaelic refers to the Apostle)

★ Evan (Welsh a pre-Christian Celtic subsequently equated to John)

★ Jevan (variation of Evan)

★ Giovanni, Gianni (Italian)

★ Ġwann (Maltese)

★ Jan (Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Czech)

★ Janez, diminutives: Jan, Jani, Janko (Slovenian)

★ János (Hungarian)

★ Johan (Dutch, Swedish)

★ Jean (French)

★ João (Portuguese)

★ Johannes (Germanic: German, Danish, Swedish, Dutch)

★ Johan(n) (variation of Johannes)

★ Jón (Icelandic)

★ Jovan (Serbian)

★ Hans (pet form of Johannes)

★ Hasse (pet form of Hans in Swedish)

★ Hansel (diminutive of Hans)

★ Juan (Spanish / Filipino)

★ Juhani (Finnish)

★ Ian (Scottish derived from Gaelic ''Iain'')

★ Ion (Romanian)

★ Ivan (Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian and other Slavic language nations)

★ Sean (Irish Seán, after the French Jean)

★ Shaun (anglicised form of Seán)

★ Shawn (anglicised form of Seán)

★ Shon (Israeli Hebrew) שון (from Shawn)

★ Yohani (Kirundi)

★ Yohanes (Eritrean)

★ Giuàn (Western Lombard)
Feminine forms are:

★ Ioana

★ Jana

★ Jane

★ Jeanne (French)

★ Joanne

★ Joan

★ Johanna

★ Jean

★ Janice, Janet, both shortened as "Jan"

★ Non-English variants adopted as English names include Jeanette

★ Seonaid, Sinead, Seonag

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Forms and transliterations of the name ''John''

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Forms and transliterations of the name ''John''

★ Biblical Hebrew 'יהוחנן' ''

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★ Amharic ዮሀንስ (Yohannəs)

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★ Malayalam (India) 'യോഹന്നാന്' (Yohannan), 'ഉലഹന്നാന്' (Ulahannan)

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★ Azeri 'Yəhya', 'Yühənna'

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★ King James Version of the Bible Old Testament English 'Johanan'

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★ Septuagint Greek 'Ἰωάννης' (Ioannis), 'Iōhannēs', 'Iōannēs', female 'Ἰωάννα' (Ioanna)

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★ Bulgarian 'Яни, Янко, Йоан, Иван' (Yani, Yanko, Ioan, Ivan), female 'Яна, Яница, Йоана, Ивана' (Yana, Yanitsa, Ioana, Ivana)

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★ Catalan 'Joan', diminutive 'Jan', feminine 'Joana'

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★ Cornish 'Jehan', 'Jowan', 'Jowann'

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★ Estonian 'Jaan', 'Jaak'

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★ English 'John', diminutive 'Johnny', 'Jack', 'Jacky', in Scotland 'Jock'

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★ Māori, 'Hone'

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★ Esperanto 'Johano'

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★ Icelandic 'Jóhannes', diminutives: 'Jóhann', 'Jón', 'Jens', 'Hannes', 'Hans', feminine 'Jóhanna', 'Jensína', feminine diminutive 'Jóna', ''Hansína''

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★ Faroese 'Jóan(n)es', diminutives: 'Johan(n)'/'Jóhan(n)', 'Jón', 'Janus'/'Jens', 'Hans', feminine: 'Jóhanna', 'Jensina', feminine diminutive 'Jona'/'Jóna', 'Hansina'

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★ Indonesian 'Yohanes'

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★ Latvian 'Jānis'

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★ Polish 'Jan'

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★ Polish diminutive 'Janek', 'Jasiek', 'Jaś, 'Jasio'

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★ Italian 'Giovanni', feminine 'Giovanna'

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★ Japanese 'ヨハネ' (Yohane) OR 'ジョン' (Jon)

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★ Welsh 'Ieuan', 'Evan', 'Jones' (surname), 'Ioan', 'Iwan', 'Owen', 'Owain'

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