Alternate forms for the name John
Other language forms for the name John:
- Džons (Latvian)
- Džonas (Lithuanian)
- Eoin (Irish)
- Evan (Welsh)
- Gianina Irish
- Gino, (Italian)
- Giovanni, Gianni (Italian)
- Gjon or Gjin (Albanian)
- Hans (German, from Johannes)
- Honza (Czech)
- Iain (Scottish Gaelic (common form, though Ian is used in English))
- Ioan (Romanian, Welsh)
- Ion (Romanian)
- Ionel (Romanian)
- Ieuan (Welsh)
- Ivan (Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian and other Slavic language nations)
- Jaan (Estonian)
- Jan (Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Polish, Norwegian)
- Ján (Slovak)
- Jani (Finnish)
- Janez (Slovene)
- Jānis (Latvian)
- Janka (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian)
- János (Hungarian)
- Jean (French)
- Joan (Catalan)
- João (Portuguese)
- [Johan (given name)|[Johan]] (Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, Faroese, Afrikaans)
- Johann (Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch)
- Johannes (Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch)
- Jóhannes (Icelandic)
- Jon (Basque, Norwegian, Swedish)
- Jón (Icelandic, Faroese)
- Jonas (Lithuanian)
- Juan (Spanish, Filipino, Manx)
- Seán (Irish Seán, after the French Jean)
- Shane (Anglicised form of Seán)
- Shawn (Anglicised form of Seán)
- Siôn (Welsh)
- Xoán (Galician)
- Yanka (Belarusian)
- Yann (Breton)
- Yanni (Greek)
- Yohannan (Malayalam)
- Yohannes (Ethiopian, Indonesian)
- Yonnachan (Malayalam)
- Youhannon (Malayalam)
- Yahya (Arabic, Turkish)
Pet, diminutive and alternative forms
- Hans (pet form of Johannes)
- Jack (English diminutive, also used as a proper name and alternate)
- Jens (Danish pet form)
See also