The name "John" has equivalents in more than 100 different languages (and plenty even in English)
The name "John" has equivalents in more than 100 different languages (and plenty even in English)
en.wikipedia.org
John (given name) - Wikipedia
It started with Yochanan (Hebrew) -> Ioannis (Greek) -> Johannes (Mediaeval Latin) -> Jon (Middle English), but now every language seems to have a version, e.g.
- Hans
- Joanna
- Hanna
- Jan
- Ivan/Ivanka
- Vanja
- Jens
- Sean/Shaun/Shawn/Shane
- Joan/Jane/Jean/Janis
- Evan/Ewan
- Jock/Jack
- Ian/Iain/Ianto
- Juan
- Yiannis/Gianna
- Gianni/Giovanni/Vanni/Giovanna
- Jonas
- Ivo/Iva
- Eoin/Owen
- Seonaid/Siubhan
and those are just the ones I've heard used, there are hundreds more!
I guess Everyone is John knew all along
That looks like a blast