Johannes 3397630 225069983 2008-07-11T19:07:52Z 80.15.248.250 {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Johannes | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Male | meaning = | region = | origin = German Name | related names = John | footnotes = }} '''Johannes''' is the Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "[[John (name)|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 "[[Tetragrammaton|The Lord]] is gracious". Common German variants for Johannes are ''Johann'', ''[[Hans (name)|Hans]]'' (diminutized to ''Hänschen'' or ''Hänsel'', known from "''[[Hänsel und Gretel (opera)|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 language|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== * [[Johannes Kepler]], a 17th century astronomer * [[Johannes Brahms]], a German romantic composer * [[Johannes Helms]], a [[Denmark|Danish]] writer and schoolmaster(1828-1895) * [[Honus Wagner]], a famous baseball player * [[Jóhannes Jónsson]], Icelandic businessman * [[Jóhannes Ásbjörnsson]], Icelandic radio and TV show host * [[Schinderhannes]], a German outlaw {{given-name-stub}} [[Category:Given names]] [[Category:Dutch given names]] [[Category:Former municipalities of Finland]] [[da:Johannes]] [[de:Johannes]] [[el:Ιωάννης (όνομα)]] [[is:Jóhannes]] [[la:Iohannes]] [[nl:Johannes (voornaam)]] [[nn:Johannes]] [[ksh:Johannes (Name)]] [[fi:Johannes]] [[sv:Johannes]]