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Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Iain, ultimately from Latin Iohannes (see John). It gained popularity across the United Kingdom beyond Scotland in the early 20th century, though it did not become widely used in America until the 1960s.
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| Roots | Yahweh |
| Variants | (Scottish Gaelic): Eòin, Iain |
| Other Languages & Cultures |
(Afrikaans):
Jannie (Albanian): Gjon (Amharic): Yohannes (Arabic): Yahia (Turkish): Yahya (Arabic): Yuhanna (Armenian): Hovhannes, Ohannes (Asturian): Xuan (Romanian): Ion 1 (Swedish): Jon 1 (Basque): Ganix, Iban, Juantxo (Ukrainian): Ivan (Belarusian): Yan 1 (Biblical): Jehohanan, Johanan (Swedish): John (Biblical Greek): Ioannes (Biblical Hebrew): Yehochanan (Hebrew): Yochanan (Biblical Latin): Iohannes (French): Yann, Yanick (Breton): Yannic (French): Yannick (Breton): Yannig (Welsh): Ioan (Bulgarian): Yoan 2 (Occitan): Joan 2 (Swedish): Jan 1 (Cornish): Jowan (Corsican): Ghjuvan, Ghjuvanni (Slovene): Janko (Czech): Hanuš, Honza (Polish): Janek (Swedish): Jens, Johan, Johannes, Hans (Danish): Jannick, Jannik (Dutch): Han 2, Hanne 1 (Swedish): Hannes (Dutch): Jantje (Norwegian): Jo (Dutch): Joes, Joop (Esperanto): Johano, Joĉjo (Estonian): Jaan, Juhan, Ants, Jaanus (Faroese): Jóannes, Jógvan (Icelandic): Jóhannes, Jón (Norwegian): Jone 2 (Hungarian): Jani (Georgian): Joni 2 (Finnish): Jouni, Juhana, Juhani, Hannu (Swedish): Janne 1 (Finnish): Juha, Juho, Jukka, Jussi (French): Jean 1, Yoan 1, Yoann, Yohan, Yohann, Yvan, Jeannot, Yan 3 (Greek): Yanis (Galician): Xan, Xoán (Georgian): Ivane, Ioane, Vano (German): Johann, Hänsel (Greek): Jannis, Giannis, Ioannis, Yannis, Yiannis, Gianis, Yanni, Yianni (Hausa): Yahaya (Hawaiian): Keoni (Spanish): Iván (Hungarian): János, Jancsi (Icelandic): Jóhann (Indonesian): Yohanes (Irish): Eoin, Seán, Sean, Shane (Italian): Giovanni, Ivano, Gian, Gianni, Giannino, Giò, Giovannino, Vanni (Late Roman): Joannes (Latvian): Ivans, Jānis, Žanis (Limburgish): Sjang, Sjeng (Lithuanian): Jonas 1 (Serbian): Jovan (Maltese): Ġwann (Manx): Ean (Spanish): Juan 1 (Maori): Hone (Medieval English): Hann, Jan 3, Hankin, Jankin (Medieval French): Jehan (Medieval Italian): Zuan (Picard): Jin 3 (Welsh): Iwan (Polish): Janusz (Portuguese): João, Joãozinho (Portuguese (Brazilian)): Geovane, Ruan (Russian): Ioann (Sami): Juhán (Tongan): Sione (Sardinian): Giuanne, Juanne (Slovak): Ján (Slovene): Janez, Žan, Anže, Anžej (Spanish): Ibán, Juancho, Juanito (Spanish (Latin American)): Jhon, Jhonny (Swahili): Yohana (Swedish): Jöns (Walloon): Djan, Djhan, Djihan (Welsh): Evan, Ieuan, Siôn, Iefan, Ifan |
| User Submissions | i01an, i10an, ia10n, Ian, ian14 |
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