In the entire world, Johan (John 
, Johan , 约翰 
, and others...) is a prevalent primarily masculine, but scarcely girly first name. The first name Johan is characteristic of the United States, where it is a widespread boy's name, Ireland, and the United Kingdom (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the United States, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, Johan is the last name as well as the forename.
Johan is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
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| John, Johan | United Kingdom, Kenya, Nigeria, United States, Tanzania |
| 约翰, 約翰 | China |
| 요한 | South Korea |
| يوهان | Iraq, Iran |
| ヨハン | Japan |
| Юхан | Kazakhstan, Russia, Estonia, Belarus, Ukraine |
| Йохан | Ukraine, Russia, Estonia, Bulgaria |
| Иоганн | Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia, Estonia |
| יוהאן | Israel |
Džons, Erwann, Evan, Gian, Gianni, Giannis, Giovan, Giovanni, Giuàn, Hann, Hannes, Hanns, Hans, Honsa, Honza, Huans, Ian, Ianka, Ieuan, Ifan, Ioan, Ioann, Ioannes, Ioannis, Ion, Ivan, Ivano, Ivans, Ivashka, Ivo, Iván, Iwan, Iwo, Jaan, Jack, Jan, Janka, Janne, Janos, Jean, Jehan, Jhoao, Joan, Joannes, Joao, Jogvan, Johann, Johanna, Johannes, Johannès,
Johan is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Tarzan , the fictional character from Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan of the Apes, Tarzan and the Lion Man; Dr. John Watson , the fictional character of Sherlock Holmes; Dick Grayson , the one of several fictional characters using the identity Robin, Batman & Robin; Consul Johann Buddenbrook , the character from Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks and Johann Schmidt , the fictional character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Infinity War, and in many other works.
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johan iv van brandenburg Peerage person ID=40347 (b. 1261) |
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| johan i. van der leede NL (b. 1205) |
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| johan mendiz de briteiros Portuguese noble and troubadour, PT (b. 1250) |
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| johan von brunkow Swedish politician, SE (b. 1250) |
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| johan airas Portuguese poet, ES (b. 1250) |
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| johan ingevaldsson (b. 1250) |
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| johan ingemarsson (b. 1250) |
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johan i van wittem Abt 1310 - Aft 19 May 1373 (b. 1310) |
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| johan i van gronsveld NL (b. 1256) |
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| johan ii. van der leede NL (b. 1270) |
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| johan romeu Galician troubadour, ES (b. 1300) |
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| johan von kleve heer van valkenburg (1310-1352) (b. 1310) |
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| johan nunez camanez (b. 1300) |
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| johan van heusden heer van drongelen eethen en meeuwen (1315-1375) (b. 1315) |
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