Jouni

Jouni is a Finnish masculine given name, functioning as a vernacular Finnish form of Johannes, which itself derives from the Hebrew Yohanan, meaning God is gracious. The name entered Finnish usage as an adaptation of the Latin and ecclesiastical tradition surrounding the biblical figure of John the Apostle and Evangelist. Jouni shares its ultimate heritage with widely used European forms such as John, Johan, Jean, and Ivan, as well as the closely related Finnish variant Juhani.