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John is a common English name and surname:

John may also refer to:

Religious figures

John Hyrcanus, ruler of Judea 134 - 104 BC
John the Baptist (c. 7 BC - c. 30 AD), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ
John the Apostle (c. 6 - c. 100 AD), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus
- John the Evangelist, alleged author of the Fourth Gospel, traditionally identified with the Apostle
- John of Patmos, the Seer of the Book of Revelation, traditionally identified with the Apostle
- John the Presbyter, an obscure figure either identified or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos
John Mark, possibly the same as the Apostle Mark
Pope John of Alexandria (list), the name of 19 Patriarchs of Alexandria
Saint John (list)

Papacy

Pope John or Antipope John, a Roman Catholic papal name
Pope John I
Pope John II
Pope John III
Pope John IV
Pope John V
Pope John VI
Pope John VII
Pope John VIII
Pope John IX
Pope John X
Pope John XI
Pope John XII
Pope John XIII
Pope John XIV
Pope John XV
Antipope John XVI
Pope John XVII
Pope John XVIII
Pope John XIX
Pope John XX (a numbering never actually used; also see Pope John (numbering))
Pope John XXI
Pope John XXII
Antipope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII

Rulers and other political figures

John of Austria (disambiguation) (three people)
John of Bohemia (1296-1346), called John the Blind, king from 1310
John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, better known as Hans of Denmark (1455-1513)
John of England (1166-1216), king and younger brother of Richard I
John I of Hungary or János Szapolyai (1487-1540), king from 1526
John II Sigismund Zápolya (1540-1571), king of Hungary and Prince of Transylvania
John of Poland (three people)
John of Scotland also known as John de Balliol (c. 1249-1314), king from 1292-1296
John, Prince of Portugal:
- Infante João, Duke of Valencia de Campos (1349-1397)
- Infante João of Portugal (1400-1442), Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz
- Infante John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch (1431-1457)
- Infante John, Duke of Viseu (1448-1472), 3rd Duke of Viseu, 2nd Duke of Beja, King Manuel I's older brother
- John of Lancaster (João de Lencastre) (1501-1571), 1st Duke of Aveiro
- João, Crown Prince of Portugal (1537-1554)
- Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842-1861)

Iohannes (consul 456), a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire
Iohannes (consul 467), a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, advisor to Emperor Zeno
John the Scythian, a general and politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, consul in 498
John the Hunchback, a general and politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, consul in 499
John Numbi, Democratic Republic of the Congo Inspector General of police

Fictional characters

John (Doctor Who), appearing in the Doctor Who TV Comic strip
John (Tomorrow People), appearing in the children's science-fiction TV series The Tomorrow People
John from Cincinnati, eponymous TV character
John-117, main character in the Halo video game series
John, the head of the fictional Visitors force to Earth in the science-fiction franchise V

Other people

John of Antioch (chronicler), a chronicler of the 7th century
John the bookmaker controversy, a cricket betting scandal in 1994–95 in which Australian cricketers were involved with an Indian bookmaker identified only as "John"
John Doe, generic name for any male

Artworks

Gospel of John, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, books of the biblical New Testament
"John" (1988), a singe from French singer Desireless's album François

Other

A slang term for a person who patronizes prostitutes
John (ship), a ship that disappeared off the coast of SE Australia in 1806
Tropical Storm John, tropical cyclones appearing in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
John the Ripper, a password strength checking program (the executable program is simply "john")
U.S. Slang for Toilet

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John
disambiguation

This is a disambiguation page. If an article link referred you here, please consider editing it to point directly to the intended page.

John is a book in the Bible. The following English translations may be available:

Bible (Wycliffe)/John (1380s)
Bible (Tyndale)/John (1526)
Bible (King James)/John (1611)
Bible (American Standard)/John (1901)
Bible (World English)/John (in progress since 1997)
Bible (Free)/John (in progress since 2006)

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Authors

First name: John, Johns
Others: John, Johns

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1911 encyclopedia

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From LoveToKnow 1911

'JOHN (Heb. lsrsi'), Y olzanan, " Yahweh has been gracious," Gr. Icoavvns, Lat. Joannes, Ital. Giovanni, Span. Juan, Port. Joao, Fr. Jean, Ger. Johannes, Johann [abbr. Hans], Gael. Ian, Pol. and Czech Jan, Hung. Janos), a masculine proper name common in all Christian countries, its popularity being due to its having been borne by the "Beloved Disciple" of Christ, St John the Evangelist, and by the forerunner of Christ, St John the Baptist. It has been the name of twenty-two popes - the style of Popes John XXII. and XXIII. being due to an error in the number assumed by John XXI. - and of many sovereigns, princes, &c. The order followed in the biographical notices below is as follows: (1) the Apostle, (2) the Baptist, (3) popes, (4) Roman emperors, (5) kings; John of England first, the rest in the alphabetical order of their countries, (6) other sovereign princes, (7) non-sovereign princes, (8) saints, (9) theologians, chroniclers, &c. Those princes who are known by a name in addition to John (John Albert, &c.) will be found after the article John, Gospel 'Of.

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Wiktionary

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1 English
2 Danish
- 2.1 Proper noun
3 Norwegian
- 3.1 Proper noun
4 Swedish
- 4.1 Proper noun

English

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Etymology

From Latin Iōhannēs (variant of Iōannēs), from New Testament Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōannēs), contraction from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Jōħānān, Johanan perhaps from a former J^əhôħānān), meaning "God is gracious".

Pronunciation

(RP) IPA: /ʤɒn/, SAMPA: /dZQn/
(GenAm) IPA: /ʤɑn/, SAMPA: /dZAn/
Rhymes: -ɒn

Alternative spellings

Jon male given name only

Proper noun

Singular
John

Plural
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John

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A male given name very popular since the Middle Ages.
(Biblical) Two persons of great importance to early Christianity: John the Baptist and John the Apostle, identified with John the Evangelist.
(Biblical) The Gospel of St. John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels.
(Biblical) One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).
(informal) Used frequently to form an idea personified John Bull, John Barleycorn (see derivations below).
(informal) A name used to address a man whose actual name is not known: John Doe.

Quotations

1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), John 1:6:

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

1852 D. H. Jacques, A Chapter on Names, The Knickerbocker, or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume XL, August 1852, page 114:

John is a most excellent name, and Smith is a surname which is worthy of respect and honor, but wo to the man on whom they are conjoined! For John Smith to aspire to senatorial dignities or to the laurel of a poet is simply ridiculous. Who is John Smith? He is lost in the multitude of John Smiths, and individual fame is impossible.
1920 John Collings Squire: Life and Letters: Essays. Hodder & Stoughton 1920. pages 233-235("Initials"):

The name I refer to is John. It has been borne by many illustrious men and an innumerable multitude of the obscure. - - - It is as fixed as the English landscape and the procession of seasons. It never becomes wearisome or tarnished. Nothing affects it; nothing can bring it into contempt; it stands like a rock amid the turbulent waves of human history, as fine and noble a thing now as it was when it first took shape on human lips. It is a name to live up to; but if one who bears it sinks into disrepute it falls not with him, but rather stays in the firmament above him, shining down upon him like a reproachful star.

Synonyms

name used to address a man whose actual name is not known

(standard): sir
(colloquial or slang): boy (especially to a younger man), bro (US, New Zealand), gov or guv (British), guvnor (British), Mac (US), man (especially US), mate (British, Australian), mister, son (to a younger man)

Translations

male given name- the standard or most popular form

Albanian: Gjon
Arabic: حنا ar(ar) (Hanna), جون ar(ar) (juun, jon) m. (transliteration)
Aragonese: Chuan
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܝܘܚܢܢ (Yōħanān)

Hebrew: יוחנן (Yōħanān)
Armenian: Հովհաննես hy(hy) (Hovhannes)
- Old Armenian: Յովհաննէս (Yovhannēs)
Aromanian: Ioannis
Asturian: Xuan
Azeri: İoann/
Basque: Ion, Joan, Manes (Manex)
Belarusian: Ян be(be) (Jan) m. (cognate), Іаан be(be) (Iaán) m. (cognate, obsolete), Іван be(be) (Iván) m. (cognate), Джон be(be) (Džon) m. (transliteration)
Bosnian: Jovan bs(bs), Ivan bs(bs)
Breton: Yann
Bulgarian: Йоан bg(bg) (Jóan) m., Иван bg(bg) (Ívan) m., Джон bg(bg) (Džon) m. (transliteration)
Catalan: Joan
Chinese:

Mandarin: 約翰 cmn(cmn), 约翰 cmn(cmn) (Yuēhàn)
Cornish: Jowann
Croatian: Ivan hr(hr)
Czech: Jan cs(cs)
Danish: Jens da(da), Johannes da(da)
Dutch: Jan, Johan, Johannes
Esperanto: Johano eo(eo)
Estonian: Jaan et(et), Juhan et(et)
Faroese: Jóhannis, Jóhannes
Filipino: Juan
Finnish: Juhana fi(fi), Juhani fi(fi)
French: Jean fr(fr)
Frisian: Jehannes
Friulian: Zuan
Galician: Xoán
German: Johann de(de), Johannes de(de)
Greek: Ιωάννης el(el)
Greenlandic: Juaanasi, Juaannasi, Juaansi
Hawaiian: Keoni

Hebrew: יְהוֹחָנָן he(he) (Yəhoḥanan) m.
Hungarian: János hu(hu)
Icelandic: Jón is(is), Jóhann is(is), Jóhannes is(is)
Irish: Eóin ga(ga), Seán ga(ga)
Italian: Giovanni
Japanese: ジョン ja(ja) (Jon)
Korean: 요한 ko(ko) (Yohan)
Latin: Iōannēs la(la) m.
Latvian: Jānis lv(lv)
Lithuanian: Jonas lt(lt)
Low Saxon: Johan
Macedonian: Јован mk(mk) (Jóvan), Иван mk(mk) (Ívan)
Maltese: Ġwann m., Ġwanni m., Ġanni m., Ġann m.
Norwegian: Johan no(no), Jon no(no)
Occitan: Joan
Polish: Jan, Iwan
Portuguese: João pt(pt)
Romanian: Ioan, Ion, Ionel
Russian: Иван ru(ru) (Iván) m. (cognate), Иоанн ru(ru) (Ioánn) m. (cognate, obsolete), Джон ru(ru) (Džon) m. (transliteration)
Samogitian: Juons
Sardinian: Giuanni
Scottish Gaelic: Iain, Ian, Eòin, Seathan
Serbian:

Cyrillic: Јован, Иван

Roman: Jovan, Ivan
Silesian: Jůn
Slovak: Ján
Slovene: Janez sl(sl), Ivan sl(sl)
Sorbian: Jan
Spanish: Juan
Swedish: Johan sv(sv)
Turkish: Yahya,Can
Ukrainian: Іван uk(uk) (Iván) m. (cognate), Джон uk(uk) (Džon) m. (transliteration)
Upper Sorbian: Jan
Walloon: Djihan
Welsh: Ioan, Ieuan, Siôn
West Frisian: Jehannes

biblical persons

Aramaic:

Syriac: ܝܘܚܢܢ (Yōħanān)

Hebrew: יוחנן (Yōħanān)
Armenian: Հովհաննես hy(hy) (Hovhannes)
- Old Armenian: Յովհաննէս (Yovhannēs)
Danish: Johannes da(da)
Dutch: Johannes nl(nl)
Estonian: Johannes et(et)
Finnish: Johannes fi(fi)
French: Jean fr(fr)
German: Johannes de(de)

Hawaiian: Ioane
Icelandic: Jóhannes is(is)
Japanese: ヨハネ ja(ja) (Yohane)
Latin: Iōannēs la(la) m.
Lithuanian: Jonas lt(lt)
Norwegian: Johannes no(no)
Polish: Jan pl(pl) m.
Russian: Иоанн ru(ru) (Ioánn) m.
Spanish: Juan es(es)
Swedish: Johannes sv(sv)

the fourth gospel

Aramaic:

Syriac: ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܝܘܚܢܢ (Kārōzūtā’ d'Yōħanān)

Hebrew: כרוזותא דיוחנן (Kārōzūtā’ d'Yōħanān)
Danish: (Evangeliet etter) Johannes; Joh
Dutch: Evangelie naar Johannes; Joh
Estonian: Johannese (evangeelium); Jh
Finnish: Johannes, Evankeliumi Johanneksen mukaan; Joh.
French: (Évangile selon) Jean; Jn
German: (Das Evangelium nach) Johannes; Joh

Icelandic: Jóhannes is(is) m., Jóhannesarguðspjall is(is) n., Jóh. is(is)
Japanese: ヨハネによる福音書 ja(ja) (yohane ni yoru fukuinsho)
Latin: Iōannēs la(la) m.
Maltese: L-Evanġelju ta' San Ġwann
Norwegian: (Evangeliet etter) Johannes; Joh
Polish: Ewangelia (wg św.) Jana pl(pl) f.
Russian: Евангелие от Иоанна ru(ru) (Jeváng'elije ot Ioánna) n.
Spanish: Juan es(es)
Swedish: Johannes, Johannesevangeliet; Joh.

one of the epistles of John

Danish: Johannes, Johannesbrev, 1,2,3 Joh
Estonian: Johannese, 1,2,3 Jh
Finnish: Johannes, Johanneksen kirje, 1,2,3 Joh.
French: Jean,1,2,3 Jn
German: Johannes, 1,2,3 Joh
Icelandic: Jóhannesarbréf is(is) n.

Japanese: ヨハネの手紙 ja(ja) (yohane no tegami)
Macedonian: Јован mk(mk) (Jóvan)
Norwegian: Johannes, Johannes' første/andre/tredje brev, 1,2,3 Joh
Polish: List (św.) Jana pl(pl) m.
Swedish: Johannes, Johannesbrevet, 1,2,3 Joh.

name used to address a man whose name is not known

Dutch: Jan, Dinges
German: Otto de(de)
Japanese: 名無しの権兵衛 ja(ja) (nanashi no gonbē)

Norwegian: N.N. no(no)
Swedish: N.N. no(no)

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Arabic: يوحنا (yūħanna)
Chinese (traditional, simplified) 約翰, 约翰

Cantonese (Jyutping): joek³ hon⁶

Mandarin (Pinyin): Yuēhàn

Min Nan (POJ): Io̍k-hān
Greek: Ίώαννης (Yóannis), Γιάννης (Giánnis)
Vietnamese: Giôn

Derived terms

Danish

Proper noun

John

A male given name borrowed from English.

Norwegian

Proper noun

John

A male given name borrowed from English.

Swedish

Proper noun

John

A male given name borrowed from English in the eighteenth century, quite popular in Sweden.

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From BibleWiki

(1.) One who, with Annas and Caiaphas, sat in judgment on the apostles Peter and John (Acts 4:6). He was of the kindred of the high priest; otherwise unknown.

(2.) The Hebrew name of Mark. He is designated by this name in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 12:12, Acts 12:25; Acts 13:5, Acts 13:13; Acts 15:37).

(3.) The Apostle, John, son of Zebedee

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Simple English

John is a name, originating from Hebrew.

a common male given name
a family name

People, things and meanings named John:

==== Biblical meanings====

John the Apostle (also called John the Evangelist)
John the Baptist
John of Patmos, the author of the book of Revelations.
the Biblical texts: Gospel of John and Epistles of John (1 John, 2 John, 3 John)

Popes

There are over 20 popes with the name John:

Other People

People with the first and the last name John:

Elton John
Newton John
John Stamos
John Wayne

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Etymology

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