Forename Johan

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.

Jesus fish Johan is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Johan

name Evan, name Jean, name Johanna, name Johannes, name Ivashka, name Iwo, name Jehan, name Hannes, name Jack, name Joao, name Ivano, name Johannès, name Giuàn, name Honza, name Iván, name Ivans, name Ieuan, name Janne, name Joannes, name Džons, name 约翰, name Ioannes, name Ivan, name John, name Ioann, name Giovanni, name Gian, name Ianka, name Janka, name Юхан, name Ioannis, name Hans, name Iwan, name Joan, name Janos, name Иоганн, name Jaan, name Jogvan, name 約翰, name Honsa, name Giannis, name Ioan, name Johan, name 요한, name Erwann, name يوهان, name Johann, name Hann, name Jhoao, name Gianni, name Huans, name Йохан, name Hanns, name Ivo, name Ifan, name Giovan, name Jan, name יוהאן, name Ion, name ヨハン, name Ian

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Johan, John	Tanzania, Kenya, United Kingdom, United States, Nigeria
約翰, 约翰	China
요한	South Korea
يوهان	Iraq, Iran
ヨハン	Japan
Юхан	Ukraine, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia
Йохан	Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Estonia
Иоганн	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Estonia
יוהאן	Israel

First names said to be same

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,

First name Johan in the context

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.

Notable namesakes

	johan ii. van arkel NL (b. 1010)
	johan iv van brandenburg Peerage person ID=40347 (b. 1261)
	johan i. van der leede NL (b. 1205)
	johan mendiz de briteiros Portuguese noble and troubadour, PT (b. 1250)
	johan von brunkow Swedish politician, SE (b. 1250)
	johan airas Portuguese poet, ES (b. 1250)
	johan ingevaldsson (b. 1250)
	johan ingemarsson (b. 1250)
	johan i van wittem Abt 1310 - Aft 19 May 1373 (b. 1310)
	johan i van gronsveld NL (b. 1256)
	johan ii. van der leede NL (b. 1270)
	johan romeu Galician troubadour, ES (b. 1300)
	johan von kleve heer van valkenburg (1310-1352) (b. 1310)
	johan nunez camanez (b. 1300)
	johan van heusden heer van drongelen eethen en meeuwen (1315-1375) (b. 1315)

Characteristic surnames

Nel, Sanchez, Alvarez, Coetzee, Persson, Ramirez, Larsson, Jimenez, Nilsson, Wahyudi, Morales, Martinez, Castillo, Karlsson, Gonzalez, Eriksson, Sebastian, Andersson, Pretorius, Potgieter, Rodriguez, Svensson, Olsson, Fourie, Venter, Smit, Berg, Diaz, Munda, Silva, Smith, Botha, Perez, Rojas, Gomez, Lopez, Ortiz, Moreno, Castro, Kruger, Romero, Garcia, Jacobs, Torres, Vargas, Visser, Johansson, and Hernandez