Johannes is a boy's name of German origin meaning “YHWH is gracious.” In 2024 it was given to 40 boys in the United States.
Johannes belongs to the German and Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “YHWH is gracious” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Johannes first appears in Social Security records in 1913. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1704 in 1966, and in 2024 40 babies received the name — 2,258 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Johannes means “YHWH is gracious” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Johannes is a boy name. In 2024, 40 babies received the name in the US.
Johannes comes from the German and Scandinavian tradition.
Johannes first appears in US records in 1913. Its best-ever ranking was #1704 in 1966, and 40 babies were given the name in 2024.
Johannes is pronounced /dʒəʊˈhænɪs/ (IPA).
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. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. 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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