Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants, itself derived from the Hebrew name Yehochanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious". The name became popular in Northern Europe, especially in Germany. Common German variants for Johannes are Johann, Hannes, Hans, Jens and Jan. In the Netherlands, Johannes was without interruption the most common masculine birth name until 1989. Jan is known in Catalan, Czech, Slovenian, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Cornish, German, Afrikaans and Northern Germanic. Polish has also its own variant Janusz as has Slovenian "Janez". Common English variants for Johannes are John or Johnny. There are also variants of the name in other languages:Gjin def., Gjini indef.; Gjon def., Gjoni indef.; Gjovalin def., Gjovalini indef., in Albanian Yoe or Yohe, uncommon American form Chuan, in Aragonese Ants in Estonian Hovhannes, in Armenian Joan, in Catalan and Occitan Hannes, Jaan, Jaanus, Joonas, Juhan and the familiar variants Juku and Juss in Estonian Yohannes, in Northern Ethiopian Semitic languages Jóannes, in Faroese Hannes, Jaani, Jani, Janne, Jone, Joni, Jonne, Joona, Joonas, Juha, Juhani, Jukka, Jussi, Hannu, and Johannes in Finnish Jean, in French Xoán, in Galician Jóhannes and Hannes in Icelandic Yohanes, in Indonesian Eoghan or Eóin, in Irish or Scottish Gaelic Giovanni, in Italian Jānis, in Latvian Jonas, in Lithuanian João, in Portuguese Ioan, in Romanian Ivan (Иван), in Russian Juan, in Spanish Xun, in the Tzotzil language and Tzeltal language Ieuan or Ifan, with the diminutive Ianto, in Welsh, anglicized as "Evan"
