John

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John is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in English-speaking countries and borne by numerous historical and contemporary figures.

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Label Occurrences
John canonical 652

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf given name
masculine given name
associatedWith Christian tradition
New Testament
category Biblical given names
English masculine given names
Theophoric names
commonIn Australia
Canada
English-speaking countries
Ireland
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States
etymologyFrom Greek Iōannēs
Hebrew Yochanan via Latin Iohannes
frequency very common given name in English-speaking countries
gender masculine
hasDiminutive Jack
Jackie
Jock
Johan
Johnny
hasNameDay various dates depending on country
hasOrigin Hebrew language
linked to: Hebrew

Hebrew name Yochanan
hasVariant Evan
Giovanni
Ian
Ioan
Ivan
Jan
Jean
Johan
Johanis
linked to: Johanus

Johannes
Jonathan
Juan
János
Seán
Shaun
Shawn
languageOfUse Afrikaans
Albanian
Arabic
Armenian
Basque
Belarusian
Breton
Bulgarian
linked to: Bulgarian language

Catalan
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Estonian
Finnish
French
Galician
linked to: Galician language

Georgian
German
Greek
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Latvian
Lithuanian
Macedonian
Maltese
Norwegian
Occitan
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language

Romanian
Russian
Scottish Gaelic
Serbian
Slovak
linked to: Slovak language

Slovene
Spanish
Swahili
linked to: Swahili language

Swedish
Tagalog
Turkish
Ukrainian
Welsh
meaning God is gracious
Yahweh is gracious
usedBy numerous contemporary figures
numerous historical figures

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Referenced by (652)

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

John Pilger givenName John
John Havlicek givenName John
Lord Jellicoe givenName John
John Turner givenName John
John Parker givenName John
John Sharp givenName John
subject linked to: Archbishop John Sharp
John Major givenName John
John Warnock givenName John
John Armstrong Jr. givenName John
subject linked to: John Armstrong
John Carlson givenName John
John Barry givenName John
John Marshall givenName John
John Harbison givenName John
Jack shortFormOf John
Jack diminutiveOf John
John Hathorne givenName John
John Dewey givenName John
John Pepys givenName John
John Bardeen sharesGivenNameWith John
subject linked to: John
John Cotton givenName John
John Williams givenName John
John Sullivan givenName John
John Grandy givenName John
subject linked to: Air Marshal Sir John Grandy
Jon Anderson givenName John
John Dean givenName John
John Lund givenName John
John Wesley givenName John
Johann hasCognate John
John Hanson givenName John