First names in Hebrew

First name Johan: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יוחנן

Gematria value: 124

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Johan is written יוחנן

RecommendedיוחנןThe original spellingJohan is the Scandinavian and German form of John, from Yochanan, יוחנן in Hebrew.Value: 124

יוהאןAs it sounds in EnglishThe Hebrew letters that transcribe the sound of your name: for a book that reads this sound rather than the origin of the name.Value: 72

For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.

Meaning and origin

What does Johan mean?

Meaning: "God has shown grace"
Origin: Hebrew

Johan is the Scandinavian, Dutch and German form of Johannes, John. It goes back to the Hebrew Yochanan, “God has shown grace”: a Hebrew name that crossed the whole of Europe.

Gematria

Johan = 124

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. יוחנן has 5 letters:

יthe letter Yod10
וthe letter Vav6
חthe letter Chet8
נthe letter Nun50
ןthe letter final Nun50
Total124

Written יוהאן (as it sounds in English), Johan is worth 72.

The verse of the name

From the letter Yod to the letter final Nun

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Johan, from י to ן:

יֵלְכוּ יֹנְקוֹתָיו וִיהִי כַזַּיִת הוֹדוֹ וְרֵיחַ לוֹ כַּלְּבָנוֹן׃

“His young shoots will spread out; his splendor will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.”

Hosea 14:7

The book of your first name

Johan, in nine pages

Johan, in Hebrew
Letter by letter
The number of your name
The verse of your name
The portrait of Johan
Johan, day to day
What tradition says about names
The sources

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Frequently asked

Johan in three answers

How do you write Johan in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Johan is written יוחנן. Johan is the Scandinavian and German form of John, from Yochanan, יוחנן in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written יוהאן.

What is the gematria value of Johan?
Written יוחנן, Johan is worth 124: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Chet (8) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter final Nun (50). Written יוהאן (as it sounds in English), it is worth 72.

What does Johan mean?
God has shown grace (origin: Hebrew). Johan is the Scandinavian, Dutch and German form of Johannes, John. It goes back to the Hebrew Yochanan, “God has shown grace”: a Hebrew name that crossed the whole of Europe.

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