John (given name)

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John is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in English-speaking and many other cultures for centuries.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
John (given name) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf given name ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ
associatedWith Gospel of John ⓘ
John the Apostle ⓘ
linked to: Apostle John

John the Baptist ⓘ
category Biblical names ⓘ
English masculine given names ⓘ
Theophoric names ⓘ
derivedFrom Yohanan ⓘ
etymologicalRoot Hebrew Yohanan meaning Yahweh is gracious ⓘ
gender masculine ⓘ
hasDiminutive Jack ⓘ
Jackie ⓘ
Jock ⓘ
Jocky ⓘ
linked to: Jock

Johnny ⓘ
hasOrigin Hebrew ⓘ
Hebrew language ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
hasShortForm Jno ⓘ
linked to: Jno.

Jon ⓘ
hasVariant Giovanni ⓘ
Ian ⓘ
Ivan ⓘ
Jan ⓘ
Jean ⓘ
Johan ⓘ
Johanis ⓘ
linked to: Johannes

Johann ⓘ
Johannes ⓘ
Juan ⓘ
Ján ⓘ
Seán ⓘ
Shaun ⓘ
Shawn ⓘ
languageOfUse Afrikaans ⓘ
Danish ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ
linked to: Norwegian language

Romanian ⓘ
linked to: Romanian language

Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
various languages ⓘ
meaning God is gracious ⓘ
Yahweh is gracious ⓘ
popularity very common in English-speaking countries ⓘ
scriptureLanguageForm Yochanan ⓘ
linked to: Yohanan
usagePeriod in continuous use for centuries ⓘ
usedInReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Heath (disambiguation) → sharesGivenNameWith → John (given name) ⓘ
subject linked to: John Heath
John → derivedFromGivenName → John (given name) ⓘ