John

John derives from the Hebrew name Yohanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious," which passed into Greek as Ioannes and then into Latin as Iohannes before reaching English as John. The name was borne by several significant biblical figures, most notably John the Baptist and John the Apostle, which helped make it one of the most widely used given names in the Christian world for centuries. Its extraordinary popularity across Europe produced a vast range of cognates and variants, including Johannes, Ivan, Giovanni, Juan, Jean, Sean, Ian, Owen, and Evan.