Johan

See also Jóhan

English

Etymology

An archaic variant of Joan, from Old French Johan, from Latin Johanna.

Proper noun

Johan

1. A female given name.
   • 1893 Frank Peel, Spen Valley, Past and Present, Senior and Co., 1893, page 64:

     William, the youthful heir, grew up, married and died, as we have already seen, of the sweating sickness, leaving only a daughter named Johan or Jennett, who was but two months old at his death;

Usage notes

• Included in the hundred most common given names of women born in Scotland in 1900.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Johan.

Proper noun

Johan

1. A male given name: John

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Danish

Proper noun

Johan

1. A male given name derived from Johannes (“John”).

Related terms

• (surnames) Johansen

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 22 356 males with the given name Johan have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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Dutch

Proper noun

Johan ?

1. A male given name derived from Johannes.

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: [joˈhan]

Etymology

From Johannes

Proper noun

Johan m

1. A male given name, an equivalent of John.

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Johan: Johansson
• daughter Johan: Johansdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Johan
Accusative	Johan
Dative	Johani
Genitive	Johans

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Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).

Proper noun

Johan

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• The most common given name of men born in Norway in the 1900s decade.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 862 males with the given name Johan living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

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Swedish

Etymology

Short form of Johannes (“John”). First recorded in Sweden in runes in the 11th century.

Proper noun

Johan

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• The most common first name of men born in Sweden in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Related terms

• (male given names) Hampus, Hannes, Hans, Ivan, Jan, Janne, Jens, Johannes, John, Johnny, Jon, Jonny, Jöns
• (female given names) Johanna and its variants
• (surnames) Hansson, Jansson, Johansson, Johannesson, Johnsson, Jonsson, Jönsson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 172 874 males with the given name Johan living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.