Johannes Name Meaning & Origin
Johannes
Origin of the name Johan:
Cognate of John (God is gracious), which is from the Middle Latin Johannes, an evolution of the Ecclesiastic Late Latin Joannes. Joannes is from the Greek Iōannes, a derivative of the Hebrew Yehanan, a short form of Yehohanan, which is from yehōhānān (Yahweh is gracious). The name, borne by several important biblical characters, was also borne by many saints, twenty-three popes, and many kings throughout Europe.
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Name Lists Featuring Johannes
- Finnish Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in Finland 2014
- German Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in Germany 2014
- Austrian Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in Austria, 2010
- Swedish Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in Sweden, 2010
- Swedish Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in Sweden for 2012
- Norwegian Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in Norway for 2012
- Austrian Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in Austria 2012
- German Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in Germany
- Dutch Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in The Netherlands
- Norwegian Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in Norway
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Jan, Joe, Joey, John, Han, Hans, Honus
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Jóhannes Jónsson, an icelandic buisinessman
Jóhannes Ásbjörnsson, radio talk show host
Johannes 'Sevara' Linstead, award winning canadian guitaristDeceased:
Johannes Kepler, astronomer who laid the foundations for Newton's Laws
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press
Johannes Brahms, composer
Johannes Vermeer, painter
Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner, legendary baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates- Johannes in song, story & screen
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=char&q=Johannes&x=0&y=0
Mostly in German/Icelandic films, but a lot of interesting characters.
Johannes Cabal, main character in a series of novels by Jonathan L. Howard