Johannes
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Johannes is the Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John
" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek name Ιωάννης (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name Yehochanan meaning "Yahweh
is gracious". The name became popular in Northern Europe, especially in Germany. Common German variants for Johannes are Johann, Hans
(diminutized to Hänschen or Hänsel, known from "Hansel and Gretel
", a fairy tale
by the Grimm
brothers), Hannes, Jens
(from Danish) and Jan (from Dutch). Common English variants for Johannes are Johanan, John, Johnny, and Jonny. In French is Jean, in Spanish Juan, in Portuguese is João, in Catalan is Joan, in Russian - Иван, in Lithuanian - Jonas, in Romanian is Ion and in Italian is Giovanni. In Indonesia, it is Yohanes. The Irish
or Scottish Gaelic equivalent is Eoghan or Eóin, and in Welsh
it is Ieuan or Ifan, anglicized as "Evan". In Estonian Juhan
, Jaan, Jaanus
, Joonas and Hannes
do come from the same root; Juss and Juku
are the familiar names for Johannes.
Variants
John (name)
John is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Latin Ioannes, Iohannes, which is in turn a form of the Greek , Iōánnēs. This Greek name is a form of the Hebrew name , , which means "God is generous"...
" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek name Ιωάννης (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name Yehochanan meaning "Yahweh
Tetragrammaton
The term Tetragrammaton refers to the name of the God of Israel YHWH used in the Hebrew Bible.-Hebrew Bible:...
is gracious". The name became popular in Northern Europe, especially in Germany. Common German variants for Johannes are Johann, Hans
Hans (name)
Hans is a masculine given name. In German, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Icelandic and Swedish, originally it is short for Johannes but is also recognized in Sweden, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands as a name in its own right for official purposes....
(diminutized to Hänschen or Hänsel, known from "Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel
"Hansel and Gretel" is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic hag living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children...
", a fairy tale
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...
by the Grimm
Grimm
-Media:* Brothers Grimm , the third album by Australian hip hop singer Drapht-Fiction:* The Brothers Grimm, German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors...
brothers), Hannes, Jens
Jens
Jens may refer to:*Jens , a Danish and Frisian derivative of Johannes*Salome Jens, actress*Jens, Switzerland, a municipality*Jens Bergensten , a Swedish game developer for Mojang AB*Jens Lekman, a Swedish musician...
(from Danish) and Jan (from Dutch). Common English variants for Johannes are Johanan, John, Johnny, and Jonny. In French is Jean, in Spanish Juan, in Portuguese is João, in Catalan is Joan, in Russian - Иван, in Lithuanian - Jonas, in Romanian is Ion and in Italian is Giovanni. In Indonesia, it is Yohanes. The Irish
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
or Scottish Gaelic equivalent is Eoghan or Eóin, and in Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
it is Ieuan or Ifan, anglicized as "Evan". In Estonian Juhan
Juhan
-Given name:*Juhan Aare , Estonian journalist and politician*Juhan Aavik , Estonian composer*Juhan af Grann , Finnish film director and producer*Juhan Jaik , Estonian writer and journalist...
, Jaan, Jaanus
Jaanus
Jaanus is an Estonian masculine given name, a version of John.People named Jaanus include:*Jaanus Kuum , cyclist*Jaanus Liivak , basketball player and coach*Jaanus Marrandi , politician...
, Joonas and Hannes
Hannes
Hannes may refer to:* Hannes Alfvén , Swedish chemist, Nobel-prize* Hannes Brinkborg , Swedish beachvolleyboll player* Hannes Kolehmainen , Finnish runner...
do come from the same root; Juss and Juku
Juku
Gakushū juku are special private schools that offer lessons conducted after regular school hours and on the weekends....
are the familiar names for Johannes.
People named Johannes
- Johannes Albertus Morkel (1981), South African cricketer
- Johannes HeestersJohannes HeestersJohan Marius Nicolaas "Johannes" Heesters is a Dutch actor, singer and entertainer with a -year career, almost exclusively in the German-speaking world. In Germany and Austria, Heesters is mainly known for his acting career...
(1903), Dutch actor, singer and entertainer - Johannes AavikJohannes AavikJohannes Aavik was an Estonian philologist and Fennophile who played a significant role in the modernization and development of the Estonian language.-Education and career:...
(1880–1973), Estonian philologist and Fennophile - Jóhannes ÁsbjörnssonJóhannes ÁsbjörnssonJóhannes Ásbjörnsson , nicknamed Jói, is an Icelandic TV and radio show host.-TV career:...
, Icelandic radio and TV show host - Johannes BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
, German romantic composer - Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, former Premier of Queensland.
- Johannes EdfeltJohannes EdfeltBo Johannes Edfelt , was a Swedish writer, poet, translator and literary critic.A native of Tibro, Edfelt was elected to be a member of the Swedish Academy in 1969, occupying seat No. 17...
, Swedish writer - Johannes Gutenberg, German printer (1400-1468)
- Johannes HelmsJohannes HelmsJohannes Helms was a Danish writer and schoolmaster who experienced the Three Years' War firsthand.- Biography :Johannes was born on Saturday the 8th of November in the year 1828 in his parents home in Esbønderup County...
, Danish writer and schoolmaster (1828-1895) - Johannes V. Jensen, Danish writer and Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner - Jóhannes JónssonJóhannes JónssonJóhannes Jónsson is an Icelandic businessman and one of the founders of the investment company Baugur Group, which applied for bankruptcy protection in February 2009. He founded the Bónus stores in Iceland in 1989 with his son and president of Baugur Group, Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson....
, Icelandic businessman - Johannes KäbinJohannes KäbinJohannes Käbin was an Soviet politician who led the Estonian Communist Party from 1950 to 1978. He was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1978 to 1983. Initially a hardline Stalinist, he gradually became more moderate in the post-Stalin era...
(1905–1999), Soviet Estonian politician - Johannes KeplerJohannes KeplerJohannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican...
, 17th century astronomer - Johannes KotkasJohannes KotkasJohannes Kotkas was an Estonian amateur wrestler who won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union.Kotkas was born in Tartu. He won the gold medal at the 1938, 1939 and 1947 European Championship. At the 1953 World Championship Kotkas won the silver medal-External links:*...
(1915–1998), Estonian wrestler - Johannes LeimenaJohannes LeimenaDr. Johannes Leimena was Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia from 1957 - 1966 and served as Minister of Health under President Sukarno from 1946 - 1956. A Christian, he founded the Indonesian Christian Party in 1950...
, founder of the Indonesian Christian Party - Johannes LinsteadJohannes LinsteadJohannes Linstead is an award-winning Canadian guitarist and instrumentalist that fuses virtuoso Spanish-style guitar with Afro-Cuban, Middle Eastern, and Latin American percussion and instrumentation...
, award-winning guitarist and composer - Johannes Lucius, Dalmatian historian
- Johannes PääsukeJohannes PääsukeJohannes Pääsuke was an Estonian photographer and filmmaker.-Life:Very little is known of the youth of Johannes Pääsuke, the fourth of six children to a comfortably-off couple living in Tartu, Livonia, Russian Empire. Johannes's siblings were well educated, but all that is known about Johannes's...
(1892–1918), Estonian photographer and filmmaker - Johannes SemperJohannes SemperJohannes Semper was an Estonian writer and translator.A student and later a prominent scholar at the University of Tartu, he was briefly nominated as Minister for Education of the Estonian SSR when the country was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940.He wrote the lyrics of the Anthem of Estonian...
(1892–1970), Estonian writer and translator - Johannes SikkarJohannes SikkarJohannes Sikkar was first head of the Estonian government in exile as Acting Prime Minister.Sikkar served in the Estonian War of Independence against post-revolutionary Soviet Russia on armoured train as a voluntary and an officer, he was granted a farm, which he held until 1944. He finished...
(1897–1960), Estonian politician - Johannes SoodlaJohannes SoodlaJohannes Soodla was an Estonian military officer during the World War I, Estonian War of Independence and World War II, serving in Kuperjanov's Partisan Battalion and the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS...
(1897–1965), Estonian military officer - Johannes VaresJohannes VaresJohannes Vares , commonly known as Johannes Vares Barbarus, was an Estonian poet, doctor, and politician.Vares was born in Heimtali, now in Pärsti Parish, Viljandi County, and educated at Pärnu Gymnasium...
(1890–1946), Estonian poet, doctor, and politician - Johannes VermeerJohannes VermeerJohannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer was a Dutch painter who specialized in exquisite, domestic interior scenes of middle class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime...
, Dutch painter - Johannes VirolainenJohannes VirolainenJohannes Virolainen was a Finnish politician.Virolainen was born near Viipuri. After the Continuation War Virolainen moved to Lohja, but he remained one of the leaders of the evacuated Karelians, and never gave up the hope that Soviet Union and later Russia would return Finnish Karelia to Finland...
, former Prime Minister of FinlandPrime Minister of FinlandThe Prime Minister is the Head of Government of Finland. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President, who is the Head of State. The current Prime Minister is Jyrki Katainen of the National Coalition Party.-Overview:... - Alain JohannesAlain JohannesAlain Johannes Moschulski is a guitarist and, along with his late partner Natasha Shneider and drummer Jack Irons, a founding member of the band Eleven...
, American multi-instrumentalist - Johannes de Silentio, Pseudonym of Danish philosopher Søren KierkegaardSøren KierkegaardSøren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish Christian philosopher, theologian and religious author. He was a critic of idealist intellectuals and philosophers of his time, such as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel...
in Fear and trembling - Johannes Climacus, Pseudonym of Søren Kierkegaard in Philosophical Fragments and Concluding Unscientific Postscript
- Johannes WohlwendJohannes WohlwendJohannes Wohlwend is a retired male judoka from Liechtenstein, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...
, Liechtenstein judoka and sports official
Variants
- Iohannes (consul 456)Iohannes (consul 456)Iohannes was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire.- Biography :Iohannes is known only through the inscriptions that recorded him as the Consul of year 456, when he was chosen by the Eastern court to hold this office together with Varanes; in the West, however, he was not recognised, as the...
, Roman consul in 456 - Iohannes (consul 467)Iohannes (consul 467)Iohannes was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire.- Biography :His family came from Lychnidus. In 467 he was consul posterior, chosen by the Eastern court, together with Illustrius Pusaeus...
, Roman consul in 467 - JoannesJoannesIoannes, known in English as Joannes, was a Roman usurper against Valentinian III.On the death of the Emperor Honorius , Theodosius II, the remaining ruler of the House of Theodosius hesitated in announcing his uncle's death...
, Roman emperor - Honus WagnerHonus Wagner-Louisville Colonels:Recognizing his talent, Barrow recommended Wagner to the Louisville Colonels. After some hesitation about his awkward figure, Wagner was signed by the Colonels, where he hit .338 in 61 games....
, a famous baseball player - SchinderhannesSchinderhannesJohannes Bückler , nicknamed Schinderhannes, was a German outlaw who orchestrated one of the most fascinating crime sprees in German history. He was born at Miehlen, the son of Johann and Anna Maria Bückler. He began an apprenticeship to a tanner, but turned to petty theft. At 16 he was arrested...
, a German outlaw