Johan is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “Yahweh is gracious.” In 2024 it was given to 554 boys in the United States.
Johan belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “Yahweh is gracious” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Johan first appears in Social Security records in 1910. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #451 in 2008, and in 2024 554 babies received the name — 14,133 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Johan means “Yahweh is gracious” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Johan is a boy name. In 2024, 554 babies received the name in the US.
Johan comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Johan first appears in US records in 1910. Its best-ever ranking was #451 in 2008, and 554 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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