Meaning & History
Hebrew word meaning "to be gracious, to have mercy, to show favour" [1] .
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Given Name DescendantsShavon, Shavonne (African American) Ana, Gjon (Albanian) Yohannes (Amharic) Hanna, Hannah, Yahia, Yahya, Yuhanna (Arabic) Anna, Hovhannes, Ohannes (Armenian) Xuan (Asturian) Ane, Anne, Ion, Jon, Jone, Ganix, Iban (Basque) Anna, Hanna, Ivan, Zhanna, Yan (Belarusian) Ananias, Anna, Annas, Elhanan, Hanan, Hananiah, Haniel, Hannah, Hanniel, Jehohanan, Joanna, Johanan, John (Biblical) Anna, Hananias, Hannas, Ioanna, Ioannes (Biblical Greek) Chanan, Chananya, Channa, Elchanan, Hanniel, Yehochanan, Yochanan (Biblical Hebrew) Ananias, Anna, Annas, Iohanna, Iohannes (Biblical Latin) Anna, Yann, Yanna (Breton) Ana, Anna, Ioan, Ioana, Ivan, Ivana, Ivelina, Yana, Yanka, Yoan, Yoana (Bulgarian) Aina, Anna, Joan, Joana, Jan, Jana (Catalan) Jowan (Cornish) Ghjuvan, Ghjuvanna, Ghjuvanni (Corsican) Ana, Hana, Ivan, Ivana, Jana (Croatian) Anna, Hana, Ivan, Ivana, Jan, Jana, Johana (Czech) Ane, Anna, Anne, Hanna, Hanne, Ivan, Jan, Jens, Johan, Johanna, Johanne, Johannes, Jon, John (Danish) Anna, Anne, Annelien, Hanna, Hannah, Jan, Jana, Janna, Johan, Johanna, Johannes, John (Dutch) Anissa, Ann, Anna, Anne, Bevan, Evan, Hannah, Ian, Ivan, Janae, Jane, Janessa, Janice, Janis, Jayne, Jean, Jeana, Jeane, Jeanna, Jeanne, Jensen, Jenson, Joan, Joann, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, John, Johnathan, Johnathon, Johnna, Jon, Jones, Sean, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, Shavon, Shavonne, Shawn, Shawna, Shayne, Sheena, Shena, Shon, Yancy, Chevonne, Jayna, Johna, Jonelle, Seanna, Shevaun, Shevon (English) Evans, Johnson (English (African)) Johano (Esperanto) Anna, Anne, Ene, Ivan, Jaan, Jaana, Jana, Janika, Johanna, Johannes, Juhan, Jaanus (Estonian) Anna, Jóannes, Jógvan, Jóhannes, Jón, Jóna (Faroese) Ana, Jone (Fijian) Anna, Anne, Hanna, Jani, Janika, Janina, Johanna, Johannes, Joni, Jouni, Juhana, Juhani (Finnish) Anne, Jean, Jeanne, Joanne, Johanne, Yan, Yann, Yoan, Yoann, Yohan, Yohann, Yvan, Yanis (French) Xan, Xoán, Xoana (Galician) Ana, Anano, Ivane, Joni, Ioane (Georgian) Anna, Anne, Hanna, Hannah, Hanne, Jan, Jana, Janina, Jens, Johann, Johanna, Johannes, Jannis (German) Anna, Gianna, Giannis, Ioanna, Ioannis, Yanna, Yannis, Yianna, Yiannis, Gianis, Jannis, Yanis (Greek) Yahaya (Hausa) Keoni (Hawaiian) Chana, Chanah, Elchanan, Hana, Hanna, Hannah, Yochanan, Yachna (Hebrew) Anna, Hanna, Iván, János, Johanna (Hungarian) Anna, Hanna, Jens, Jóhann, Jóhanna, Jóhannes, Jón, Jóna, Jónína (Icelandic) Yahya, Yohanes (Indonesian) Eoin, Seán, Sean, Shane, Síne, Siobhán (Irish) Anna, Giovanna, Giovanni, Ivan, Ivana, Ivano (Italian) Haniel, Hanniel (Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend) Yo-han (Korean) Joannes, Johanna, Johannes (Late Roman) Anna, Ivans, Jana, Janīna, Jānis, Žanis, Žanna (Latvian) Sjang, Sjeng (Limburgish) Janina, Jonas, Ona, Ana (Lithuanian) Ana, Hana, Ivan, Ivana, Jana, Jovan, Jovana (Macedonian) Yahya, Yahaya (Malay) Ġwann (Maltese) Ann, Ean, Juan (Manx) Hann, Jan, Jon (Medieval English) Jehan, Jehanne, Johanne (Medieval French) Hone (Māori) Ane, Anna, Anne, Hanna, Hanne, Ivan, Jan, Jens, Johan, Johanna, Johanne, Johannes, Jon, Jone, John (Norwegian) Anna, Joan (Occitan) Yahya (Persian) Jin (Picard) Anna, Hanna, Iwan, Jan, Janina, Joanna (Polish) Ana, Anália, Ananias, Ivan, Joana, João (Portuguese) Geovana, Geovane, Giovana, Ruan (Portuguese (Brazilian)) Yahya (Quranic) Ana, Ianis, Ioan, Ioana, Ion, Ivan (Romanian) Anna, Ioann, Ivan, Yana, Zhanna (Russian) Juhán (Sami) Sione (Samoan) Giuanna, Giuanne, Juanne (Sardinian) Ian, Jean, Seona, Sheena, Sheenagh, Sheona, Shona (Scottish) Anna, Eòin, Iain, Seonag, Sìne (Scottish Gaelic) Ana, Ivan, Ivana, Jana, Jovan, Jovana (Serbian) Anna, Hana, Ivan, Ivana, Ján, Jana (Slovak) Ana, Anže, Anžej, Hana, Ivan, Ivana, Jan, Jana, Janez, Žan (Slovene) Hana, Jan (Sorbian) Ana, Iván, Juan, Juana, Ibán (Spanish) Giovana, Jhon, Johana (Spanish (Latin American)) Yohana (Swahili) Anna, Anne, Hanna, Hanne, Ivan, Jan, Janina, Janna, Jens, Johan, Johanna, Johannes, Jon, John (Swedish) Ana, Sione (Tongan) Yahya (Turkish) Anna, Ganna, Hanna, Ivan, Ivanna, Yana, Zhanna (Ukrainian) Djan, Djene, Djhan, Djihan (Walloon) Evan, Ieuan, Ioan, Shan, Siân, Siôn, Siwan, Iefan, Ifan, Iwan (Welsh) Henda, Hene, Henye (Yiddish)
Surname DescendantsHovanesian, Hovhannisyan (Armenian) Ivanoŭ, Ivanova, Ivanow (Belarusian) Ivanov, Ivanova (Bulgarian) Ivanović (Croatian) Janda, Jandová (Czech) Jensen, Jenson, Johannessen, Johansen, Johnsen (Danish) Ananias, Jans, Jansen, Jansens, Jansing, Jansingh, Jansink, Janson, Janssen, Janssens, Janzen, Yancy (Dutch) Evans, Evanson, Hanson, I'Anson, Janson, Jeanes, John, Johns, Johnson, Jones (English) Janssens (Flemish) Jean (French) Jans, Janson, Janz (German) Giannaki, Giannakis, Giannopoulos, Giannopoulou, Ioannidi, Ioannidis, Ioannidou, Ioannou (Greek) Jansone, Jansons (Latvian) Janssen (Limburgish) Valjean (Literature) Jankauskaitė, Jankauskas, Jankauskienė, Jonaitienė, Jonaitis, Jonaitytė (Lithuanian) Ivanov, Ivanova, Ivanovska, Ivanovski, Jovanovska, Jovanovski (Macedonian) Jansen, Jensen, Jenssen, Johannessen, Johansen, Johnsen (Norwegian) Janda, Janowska, Janowski (Polish) Enache, Ion, Ionescu, Ionesco (Romanian) Ivanov, Ivanova (Russian) Ivanović, Jovanović (Serbian) Juan, Ibáñez (Spanish) Janson, Jansson, Johansson, Jonsson, Johnsson (Swedish) Bevan, Evans, Jones (Welsh)
Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h2603, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h2603.
Entry updated May 26, 2026