Johan

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Johan Quaile (b. 1992) is a French Paralympic cyclist who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

This is also a medieval Spanish form of John/Juan, which was also used alongside Joan, Joanes, etc.

It means "winner" in Malay...

Also used in French: https://meilleursprenoms.com/popularite-prenom/Johan

Also Afrikaans: https://af.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Johan&title=Spesiaal%3ASoek&go=Wys&ns0=1

This was also the Anglo-Norman version which comes from the Old French ‘Jehan’. It is what came of the English name ‘John’.

Johan is a nice name. I love the pronunciation. Hate it on a girl.

I like the name Johan because in my opinion, it's strong and suitable for a male of any age. However, the name Johan is overused in my country among Catholic/Christian people. We pronounce it with J or Y. The German variant Johann is also great.

Also Estonian: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan

What a cool, strong name for a male.

I don’t understand why people think that Johan is a feminine name! Johan is a boy’s name. What is so wrong with Johana for a girl? Not every single male name should be feminine! It may be unique on a girl, but it’s also gender confusing too unless she looks really girly! Johan is only a boy’s name in my book! I think that Johan is a handsome name for a boy and it’s more unique than John. John is so popular right now!

I'd choose this name for my son either Johan or Jonah, and I wouldn't pronounce it Yo-hahn but Jo-Hahn. I like names that are not overly popular.

I think it's a great name. Sounds classy and sophisticated.

I'm thinking about naming my baby girl Johan. It's a really nice name for a girl.

Johan Liiva, (Born November 18, 1970 in Helsingborg, Skåne, Sweden) is a founding member and former singer of Swedish metal band Arch Enemy. He was singer of Arch Enemy from 1996 to November, 2000, followed by Angela Gossow, and later by Alissa White-Gluz.

The Dutch pronunciation of this name can be YO-hahn as well as YAW-hahn (depends on where you are in the country).

A famous Dutch bearer of this name is the former soccer player Johan Cruyff (b. 1947), who is one of the best and most famous Dutch soccer players of all time.

Johan (1579-1579) was also another son of King Frederik II of Denmark and his wife Sophie. He died young.

Johan (1583-1602) was the son of King Frederik II of Denmark and his wife Sophie.

Johan Remen Evensen is a Norwegian ski jumper and the current world record holder (246,5 m).

Johan Liebert is a character in the anime/manga series Monster.

Pronounced YOO-ahn in Swedish.

Beautiful name, it makes me think of a handsome, sophisticated guy/man, it's also cute for a child, it sounds upperclass and elegant, without being too long or complex. I love this name.

This name is used in the Netherlands as well. [noted -ed]

John is a Biblical name - Johan is just the German language form of it, therefore this name should be listed under Biblical names.

In Afrikannse it's pronounced You han. The feminine is Johanne pronounced you han nay.

Heidi Klum & Seal have son Johan Riley Samuel (born 22th November 2006, 49 cm, perhaps 4 kg, at Los Angeles).

The second son of Heidi Klum and Seal is named Johan.

Listen to the German pronunciation of Johan here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

I know it pronounced YO-han.

Johan Miyallby was a Swedish football player.

The J is pronounced y so it is yo-HAN.

It's a German or Scandinavian name, not Czech.

Pronounced joHAN. I like it. I like the feminine version, Johanna.