Jochanan

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dʒtʃeɪnən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jochanan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 4.3Kas יוחנן(inferred from the name graph)
  • CZCzechia1 in 5.4M
  • RORomania≈1 in 23Kas יוחנן

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jochanan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Israel (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,000 named יוחנן, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
66 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 5.4M (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

יוחנןHebrew(measured from records)
YohananLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled יוחנן in IL Israel, DE Germany, RO Romania and 2 more and Yohanan in ET Ethiopia, AF Afghanistan.

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.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jochanan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jochanan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IL Israel#487≈2,000 est.≈1 in 4.3K843יוחנן47
AF Afghanistan—≈960 est.≈1 in 38K—Yohanan3
RO Romania—≈930 est.≈1 in 23K—יוחנן2
ET Ethiopia—≈440 est.≈1 in 248K—Yohanan6
DE Germany—≈320 est.≈1 in 252K—יוחנן3
AT Austria—≈210 est.≈1 in 43K—יוחנן3
LB Lebanon—≈140 est.≈1 in 40K—יוחנן1
CZ Czechia—21 in 5.4M2——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jochanan is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Jochánán

23 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

0500100015002000John the Baptist, b. 6John the Evangelist, b. 10Yochanan ben Zakai, b. 50John of Giscala, b. 100John Hyrcanus, b. 200Yohanan Aharoni, b. 1919Yochanan Vollach, b. 1945Yochanan Afek, b. 1952Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, b. 1962
  • John the Baptistb. 6ILnot in their usual name1st-century Jewish itinerant preacher (Bible)
  • John the Evangelistb. 10ILnot in their usual nameauthor of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author of Revelation), and John the Presbyter
  • Yochanan ben Zakaib. 50ILnot in their usual name1st-century rabbi and an important Jewish sage
  • John of Giscalab. 100ILnot in their usual nameLeader of the Jewish revolt against the Romans in the First Jewish-Roman War
  • John Hyrcanusb. 200not in their usual nameHasmonean ruler
  • Yohanan Aharonib. 1919ILIsraeli archaeologist and historical geographer (1919–1976)
  • Yochanan Vollachb. 1945ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli footballer
  • Yochanan Afekb. 1952ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli chess player, composer, trainer and arbiter
  • Yohanan Petrovsky-Shternb. 1962USAmerican Jewish historian
  • John Gaddinot in their usual namethe oldest of the sons of Mattathias, and brother of Judas Maccabeus

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Jochanan,

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Jochanan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2#63,770

Reference works 1

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Jochanan?
A machine transcription gives /dʒtʃeɪnən/ (IPA) for English.
Is Jochanan a male or female name?
Jochanan is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Jochanan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named יוחנן in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Jochanan most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jochanan is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 5.4 million people — even though Israel holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Jochanan?
In Czechia, the national register counted 2 people named Jochanan, about 1 in 5.4 million residents.
How common is Jochanan compared with other names?
In Israel, Jochanan is the 487th most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jochanan” — the 487th most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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