Johann

Johann is a German form of the Hebrew name Yohanan, meaning God is gracious, transmitted through the Latin Iohannes and its Greek predecessor Ioannes. The name became widely used across Europe following the veneration of John the Baptist and John the Apostle in Christian tradition. Among its most celebrated bearers is Johann Sebastian Bach, the eighteenth-century German composer, as well as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the influential poet and writer. Closely related forms include Johannes, Hans, Jan, Ivan, and Giovanni.