Johannes
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 Johannes facts

• It is a variant of the Greek name (Ιωάννης) and Classical Latin (Ioannes), 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, Hans (diminutized to Hänschen or Hänsel, known from "Hansel and Gretel", a fairy tale by the Grimm brothers), Hannes, Jens (from Danish) and Jan (from Dutch)
• Jan is a variant of John known in Catalan, Czech, Slovenian, Dutch, Scandinavian, Cornish, German, Afrikaans and Northern Germanic
• Polish has its own variant Janusz as has Slovenian "Janez"
• Common English variants for Johannes are Johanan, John, Johnny
• In Galician is Xoán in French is Jean, in Spanish Juan, in Portuguese is João, in Catalan is Joan, in Russian – Иван (Ivan), in Lithuanian – Jonas, in Latvian - Jānis, in Armenian is Hovhannes, in Romanian is Ioan and in Italian is Giovanni
• In Indonesia, it is Yohanes
• Its variant in North Ethiopian Semetic languages is Yohannes
• The Irish or Scottish Gaelic equivalent is Eoghan or Eóin, and in Welsh it is Ieuan or Ifan, anglicized as "Evan"