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Alternate forms for the name John

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Other language forms for the name John:

  • Chon
  • Dzon, Džon (Congolese, Serbian)
  • Ean (Manx)
  • Eoin (Irish)
  • Evan (Welsh)
  • Giannina (a female's name) (Italian)
  • Gioann (West-Lombard)
  • Giovanni, Gianni (Italian)
  • Giuàn (Emiliano-Romagnolo)
  • Gjoni or Gjin (Albanian)
  • Hans (Dutch, German, from Johannes)
  • Hannes (German, from Johannes)
  • Hone (Māori)
  • Honza (Czech)
  • Hovanes or Hovannes (Armenian)
  • Iain (Scottish Gaelic—common form, though Ian is used in English)
  • Ianto (Welsh)
  • Ibane (Basque)
  • Ifan (Welsh)
  • Ioan (Romanian, Welsh)
  • Ioannis
  • Ion (Romanian)
  • Ionel (Romanian)
  • Ieuan (Welsh)
  • Ivan (Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian and other Slavic language nations)
  • Jaan (Estonian)
  • Jack
  • Jan (Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Polish, Norwegian)
  • Ján (Slovak)
  • Jani (Finnish)
  • Janez (Slovene)
  • Jānis (Latvian)
  • Janka (Slovak, Hungarian)
  • Janek (Czech)
  • Janne (Finnish)
  • János (Hungarian)
  • Jean (French)
  • Jens (Danish)
  • Joan (Catalan)
  • João (Portuguese)
  • Johan (Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, Faroese, Afrikaans)
  • Johann (Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)
  • Johannes (Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch)
  • Jóhannes (Icelandic)
  • Jon (basque)
  • ジョン (Japanese)
  • Jón
  • Jonas (Lithuanian)
  • Jovan (Serbian)
  • Juan (Spanish, Filipino, Manx)
  • Juhani (Finnish)
  • Jöns (Swedish)
  • Nelu (Romanian)
  • Seán (Irish Seán, after the French Jean)
  • Shane (Anglicised form of Seán)
  • Shaun (American form of Sean)
  • Shawn (Anglicised form of Seán)
  • Siôn (Welsh)
  • Xoán (Galician)
  • Yahya (Arabic, Turkish, Persian for the baptist)
  • Yan (Indonesian)
  • Yanka (Belarusian)
  • Yann (Breton)
  • Yoannis (Greek)
  • Vanya (Russian, Ukrainian)
  • Yohannan (Malayalam)
  • Yohannes (Ethiopian)
  • Yohan, Yohanes (Indonesian, Malaysian)
  • Yohan (Sinhalese, Sri Lankan)
  • Yonnachan (Malayalam)
  • youhanna (Arabic, Persian (for John the apostle))
  • Youhannon (Malayalam)
  • 約翰 (Chinese in Traditional Chinese characters, Protestant translation)
  • 若望 (Chinese in Traditional Chinese characters, Catholic Church translation)
  • 強 (Chinese in Traditional Chinese characters, colloquial transliteration based on English; literally "strong")
  • Zane
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