masculine Ian

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Origin:
hebrew
Name Root:
yôchânân > Yehochanan > Iōánnēs
Meaning:*
This name derives from the Ancient Greek “Iōánnēs (Ἰωάννης),” which in turn, is a form of the Hebrew name “Yôchânân / Yehochanan” meaning “graced by Yahweh, God is gracious.” There are numerous forms of the name in different languages. This name is part of the most massive etymological root of names made up of more than five hundred variations among male and female in different languages. The name “John” had gained popularity among Jews in Judea and Galilee by the time the area became a province of the Roman Empire in 6 A.D. John Hyrcanus was the first king of the Hasmonean Dynasty and was the nephew of Judas Maccabeus. It was the given name of Yochanan ben Zechariah, a Jewish prophet known in English as John the Baptist.

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english
english
faroese
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finnish
finnish
german
german
greenlandic
greenlandic
irish
irish
norwegian
norwegian
scottish
scottish

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dutch
english
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welsh
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estonian
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latin
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old swedish
swedish
polish
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icelandic
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italian
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slovak
filipino
arabic
turkish
breton
bulgarian
romanian
ukrainian
albanian
macedonian
serbian
belarusian
russian
greek
portuguese
english (african american)
scottish
spanish
hungarian (magyar)
basque
middle english
hawaiian
portuguese (brazilian)
lithuanian
hebrew
armenian
georgian
latvian
bosnian
croatian
pacific islander
esperanto
galician
catalan
middle french
old french
Italian (Medieval)
czech

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Popularity & Ranking

United States Ranking #72


Namedoctor Weekly Ranking #374

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