John

John
John masc. proper name, mid-12c., from M.L. Johannes, from L.L. Joannes, from Gk. Ioannes, from Hebrew Yohanan (in full y'hohanan) lit. "Jehovah has favored," from hanan "he was gracious." As the name of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, it was one of the most common Christian given names, and in England by early 14c. it rivaled William in popularity. The Old French form was Jean, but in England its variants Johan, Jehan yielded Jan, Jen (Cf. surname Jensen). Welsh form was Ieuan (see EVAN (Cf. Evan)), but Ioan was adopted for the Welsh Authorized Version of the Bible, hence frequency of Jones as a Welsh surname.

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  • John IV — may refer to: * Patriarch John IV of Constantinople, Patriarch from 582 to his death in 595 * Pope John IV, Pope from 640 to his death in 642 * John IV, Bishop of Naples (died 835) * John IV of Naples, Duke from 997 to after 1002 * John IV of… …   Wikipedia

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