Ionel

Ionel is a Romanian diminutive of Ion, itself the Romanian form of the Greek Ioannes, which derives from the Hebrew Yohanan, meaning God is gracious. The name has been widely used throughout Romania and Moldova, where Ion is one of the most common masculine given names, and Ionel developed as an affectionate everyday variant. It shares its ultimate roots with John, Ivan, Juan, Jean, and Giovanni, among many other European cognates.