John

Meaning

1. (informal) A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle Ages.
2. (informal) A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle Ages.
3. A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle Ages.
4. Persons of the Christian Bible: John the Baptist; and names possibly referring to one, two or three persons, frequently called "Saint": John the Apostle, John the Evangelist and John of Patmos (also called John the Divine or John the Theologian).
5. The Gospel of St. John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels.
6. One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).
7. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Jack

John the Divine

Johnny

Gospel According to John

St. John

Saint John the Apostle

Joe

St. John the Apostle

John Lackland

John the Evangelist

King John

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒɒn/

From Middle English John, Johan, Johannes, from Anglo-Norman Jehan, Johan, and also Old English Iohannes, both from Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān), perhaps contracted from a former יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān, “God is gracious”). Doublet of Jack, Jon, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Sean, Shane, Shaun, Ian, Ivan, Evan, Juan, Giovanni, and Yahya.

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