First names in Hebrew

First name John: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

יוחנן

Gematria value: 124

Its spelling

In Hebrew, John is written יוחנן

John is the English form of Yochanan, יוחנן in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does John mean?

Meaning: "God has shown grace"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name is the English form of the Hebrew Yochanan, "God has shown grace". It is one of the most widely borne names in history, in English as in dozens of other languages: Jean, Juan, Giovanni, Johann, Ivan, Ian. For centuries it has been one of the most common names in the English-speaking world.

Gematria

John = 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

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 John, 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

John, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

John in three answers

How do you write John in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, John is written יוחנן. John is the English form of Yochanan, יוחנן in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of John?
Written יוחנן, John is worth 124: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Chet (8) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does John mean?
God has shown grace (origin: Hebrew). Your name is the English form of the Hebrew Yochanan, "God has shown grace". It is one of the most widely borne names in history, in English as in dozens of other languages: Jean, Juan, Giovanni, Johann, Ivan, Ian. For centuries it has been one of the most common names in the English-speaking world.