Boy name variations Johnny. This personal name was adopted into Latin via Greek as Johannes , and has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian era, being given in honor of St. John the Baptist, precursor of Christ, and of St. John the Evangelist, author of the fourth gospel, as well as others of the nearly one thousand other Christian saints of the name.
Polish has surnames both from the western Slavic form Jan and from the eastern Slavic form Iwan. There were also various Middle English feminine versions of this name e. Joan , Jehan , and some of these were indistinguishable from masculine forms.
The distinction on grounds of gender between John and Joan was not firmly established in English until the 17th century. Etymology: See Johannes. Other Dictionary Sources. A room or building equipped with one or more toilets Synonyms: bathroom, can, lav, lavatory, privy, and toilet. Synonyms: john the divine, john the evangelist, saint john, saint john the apostle, st.
A male given name from Hebrew ; very popular since the Middle Ages. John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels. US, slang, archaic Alternative letter-case form of john : a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, or chamber pot. Johnny Depp. John Cena. John Lennon. Jackie Coogan. John Adams. John Roberts. Daymond John. Scatman John. Where is the name John popular? International Interest for John Interest is based how many people viewed this name from each country and is scaled based on the total views by each country so that large countries do not always show the most interest.
View popular names by state or region. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming. Popularity of John as a first name. Popularity of John as a last name. Common last names for John Smith. Common first names for John Mary. Ethnicity Distribution. Ethnicity John U. Of Last Name John. The name in various spellings has been borne by 21 popes and eight Byzantine emperors, as well as rulers of England, France, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, Bulgaria, Russia and Hungary.
It was also borne by the poet John Milton , philosopher John Locke , American founding father and president John Adams , and poet John Keats Famous bearers of the 20th century include author John Steinbeck , assassinated American president John F. Kennedy , and musician John Lennon Diminutives Johnie , Johnnie , Johnny English.
Feminine Forms Johnna , Johna English. Last ranked 97 in Australia NSW. Last ranked 62 in Canada. Last ranked in England and Wales. Rulers of almost every major Western civilization have bore the name. When John is translated into English it means the grace or mercy of the Lord. In French John takes on the form Jean. In Scottish it is Sean, and Ian in Irish.
Some popular nicknames for John are Jack, Johnny, and Jackie. Jack is the most common Nickname. It dates back to the s and it was used as a generic name for peasants. Because the name John was so popular it was used as a generic name for commoners in English think John Doe. The two names mixing together is one theory as to where the nickname Jack comes from. The Normans would say John. So little John would be Jenkin and that later turned into Jackin, and then was finally shortened to Jack.
Because of the popularity of the name John, many well known people have carried the name. Seven Australian Prime Ministers have carried the name. There are five notable characters in the Bible with the name. Twenty six Popes have been named John.
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