Jóhann

Locally spelled Johann in US United States, NO Norway, SE Sweden and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Jóhann is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, United Kingdom, South Africa

  Also written Joh-Ann

• German given name41 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Austria, South Africa

  Languages: German, English, Dutch

  Also written Johann, Joehann, Johãņn, Johānn, Johänn

• Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, United States

  Also written Johann, Joh-Ann, Johañn

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Johann

• Indonesian given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, South Africa, United States

  Also written Johann

• Portuguese given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Switzerland, South Africa, United States

  Also written Johann, Jöhann, Jöhänn

18 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

• Johann Gottfried Rosenbergb. 1709DEDanish architect (1709–1776)
• Jóhann Sigurjónssonb. 1880ISIcelandic playwright (1880–1919)
• Stefán Jóhann Stefánssonb. 1894ISPrime Minister of Iceland (1894-1980)
• Jóhann Hafsteinb. 1915ISIcelandic politician (1915-1980)
• Steingrímur J. Sigfússonb. 1955ISnot in their usual nameIcelandic politician
• Jóhann Sigurðarsonb. 1956ISIcelandic actor and singer
• Jóhann Hjartarsonb. 1963ISIcelandic chess player
• Jóhann Jóhannssonb. 1969ISIcelandic musician and composer (1969–2018)
• Jóhann Berg Guðmundssonb. 1990ISIcelandic footballer
• Þórir Jóhann Helgasonb. 2000ISIcelandic association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Jóhann mean, and where does it come from?

a male given name, equivalent to English John Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Jóhann?

In the etymology graph, John, Jack and Sean are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Jóhann?

A machine transcription gives /jouːhan/ (IPA) for Icelandic.

How common is the name Jóhann?

In the United States, the national register counted 5,853 people named Jóhann in 2020, about 1 in 57 thousand residents.

How common is Jóhann compared with other names?

In Iceland, Jóhann is the 34th most common given name of 3,704 given names recorded there.

Is Jóhann a male or female name?

Jóhann is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Iceland (Hagstofa, 2023).

In which country does Jóhann have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 5.9 thousand people named Jóhann, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled johann.

Where is Jóhann most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jóhann is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 175 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.