Alternate forms for the name John
Introduction Other language forms for the name John:* Chon* Dzon, Džon (Congolese, Serbian)* Ean (Manx)* Eoin (Irish)* Evan (Welsh)* Ewan (Scottish Gaelic)* Ganix (Basque)* Giăng (Vietnamese, Protestant )* Giovanni, Ivan (Italian)* Gioan (Vietnamese, Catholic )* Gioann (West-Lombard)* Giovanni, Gianni (Italian)* Giuàn (Emiliano-Romagnolo)* Gion* Gjon, Gjoni or Gjin (Albanian)* Hannes (German from Johannes)* Hannu (Finnish)* Hans (Dutch, German, Swedish from Johannes)* Henna ()* Hoani (Māori) *Hone (Māori) * Honza (Czech)* Hovanes or Hovannes (Armenian)* Ian (English)* Iain (Scottish Gaelic—common form, though Ian is used in English)* Ianto (Welsh)* Ibane, Ibon (Basque)* Ifan (Welsh)* Ioan (Romanian, Welsh)*Ioane (Samoan)* Ioannis (Greek)* Ion (Romanian, Basque)* Ionel (Romanian)* Ieuan (Welsh)* Ivan (Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian and other Slavic language nations)* Ivanko (Ukrainian)* Ivo (Croatian and some other Slavic language nations)* Jaan (Estonian)* Jack (nickname for John; not traditionally a name in itself)* Jan (Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Polish, Norwegian)* Ján (Slovak)* Jani (Finnish)* Janez (Slovene)* Jānis (Latvian)* Janko (Slovak, Hungarian)* Janek (Czech)* Janne (Finnish)* János (Hungarian) * Jăvan (Chuvash)* Jean (French)* Jens (Danish)** Jhonas (Hebrew)* Joan (Catalan)* Joanes (Basque)* Jóannes (Faroese)* João (Portuguese)* Johaiñe (Basque from Zuberoa/Soule province)* Johan (Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, Faroese, Afrikaans)* Johann (Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)* Jóhann (Icelandic, Faroese)* Johannes (Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch)* Jóhannes (Icelandic)* Jon   (Basque, Norwegian)*ジョン (Jon) (Japanese)* Jón* Jonas (Lithuanian, Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch)* Jovan (Serbian)* Juan (Spanish, Filipino, Manx)* Juhan (Estonian)* Juhani (Finnish)* Jöns (Swedish)* Manex (Basque)* Nelu (Romanian)* Nzuá (Angolan)* Ohan (Armenian) * Seán (Irish Seán, after the French Jean)* Shane (Anglicised form of Seán)* Shaun (American form of Sean)* Shawn (Anglicised form of Seán)* Sheik (Arabic)* Siôn (Welsh)* Sione (Tongan)*Soane (Tongan)* ᏣᏂ (Tsani) (Cherokee) in Cherokee syllabary* Xoán (Galician)* Yaḥyā يحيى, (Arabic, Turkish and Persian, for John the Baptist)* Yan (Indonesian)* Yanka (Belarusian)* Yann (Breton)* Yiannis (Greek)* Vanya (Russian)* Yochanan / Yohanan (יוֹחָנָן) (Hebrew)* Yohannan (Malayalam)* Yohannes (Ethiopian)* Yohan, Yohanes (Indonesian, Malaysian)* Yohan (Sinhalese, Sri Lankan)* Yohanni (Makhuwa)*요한(Yohan)(Korean)* Yonnachan (Malayalam)* Youhanna (يُوحَنّا) (Arabic and Persian, for John the Apostle)* Youhannon (Malayalam)* Yuhana (Mandaic)* Yuhanna (Syriac)*  (Yuēhàn) (Chinese in Traditional Chinese characters, Protestant translation)* (Ruò wàng) (Chinese in Traditional Chinese characters, Catholic Church translation)*強 (Qiáng) (Chinese in Traditional Chinese characters, colloquial transliteration based on English; literally "strong")* Zane
See also * * Jane (given name) – other variants of the female form* John (given name)* Jonathan (name) – unrelated but similar name
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