Johannes

Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name Yehochanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious". The name became popular in Northern Europe, especially in Germany because of Christianity. Common German variants for Johannes are Johann, Hannes, Hans (diminutized to Hänschen or Hänsel, as known from "Hansel and Gretel", a fairy tale by the Grimm brothers), Jens (from Danish) and Jan (from Dutch, and found in many countries). In the Netherlands, Johannes was without interruption the most common masculine birth name until 1989. The English equivalent for Johannes is John. In other languages Joan, Jan, Gjon, Gjin and Gjovalin in Albanian Yoe or Yohe, uncommon American form Yaḥyā, in Arabic Chuan, in Aragonese Johannes in Estonian Hovhannes, in Armenian Ioannis, in Greek Joanes, Joan, Jon, in Basque Joan, in Catalan and Occitan Hannes, Jaan, Jaanus, Joonas, Juhan and the familiar variants Juku and Juss in Estonian Yohannes, in Northern Ethiopian Semitic languages Jóannes, in Faroese Hannes, Jaani, Jani, Janne, Jone, Joni, Juho, Jonne, Joona, Joonas, Juha, Juhani, Juhana, Jukka, Jussi, Hannu, and Johannes in Finnish Jean, in French Xoán, in Galician Jóhannes and Hannes in Icelandic Yohanes, in Indonesian Eoghan or Eóin, in Irish or Scottish Gaelic Giovanni, in Italian Jānis, in Latvian Jonas, in Lithuanian Jan, in Polish João, in Portuguese Ioan, in Romanian Ivan (Иван), in Russian Juan, in Spanish Yahya, in Turkish Xun, in the Tzotzil language and Tzeltal language Ieuan or Ifan, with the diminutive Ianto, in Welsh, anglicized as "Evan" People with the given name Johannes or Jóhannes Alain Johannes, born Alain Johannes Mociulski, American multi-instrumentalist Johannes Aavik (1880–1973), Estonian philologist and Fennophile Jóhannes Ásbjörnsson, Icelandic radio and TV show host Jóhannes Atlason (born 1944), Icelandic footballer and football manager Johannes Bitter (born 1982), German handball goalkeeper Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, former Premier of Queensland Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), German romantic composer Johannes Brost (1946–2018), Swedish actor Joannes Corvus (fl.