Johannes

Johannes is the Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek name Ιωαννης (Ioannes / Greek language never writes a "h"-sound in word-internal position), itself derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan meaning "The Lord is gracious". Common German variants for Johannes are Johann, Hans (diminutized to Hänschen or Hänsel, known from "Hänsel und Gretel", a fairy tale by the Grimm brothers), Hannes, Jens (from Danish) and Jan (from Dutch). Common English variants for Johannes are Johanan, John, Johnny, and Jonny. In French is Jean, in Spanish Juan, in Portuguese is João, in Catalan is Joan, in Lithuanian - Jonas, in Romanian is Ion and in Italian is Giovanni. Seán is the Irish or Scots Gaelic equivalent, sometimes spelled in English as Shawn or Shaun. In Estonian "Juhan", "Jaan", "Jaanus", "Joonas" and "Hannes" do come from the same root; "Juss" and "Juku" are the familiar names for "Johannes".

Famous persons named Johannes

• Jóhannes Ásbjörnsson, Icelandic radio and TV show host
• Johannes Brahms, a German romantic composer
• Johannes Edfelt, a Swedish writer
• Johannes Gutenberg, a German printer
• Johannes Helms, a Danish writer and schoolmaster(1828-1895)
• Jóhannes Jónsson, Icelandic businessman
• Johannes Kepler, a 17th century astronomer
• Johannes Milne, a famous chauffeur of Lord Frank Of Grafton
• Johannes Vermeer, a Dutch painter
• Johannes Virolainen, former Prime Minister of Finland
• Johannes Simatupang, a Software Engineer / a IT Manager

Variants

• Honus Wagner, a famous baseball player
• Schinderhannes, a German outlaw