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Johannes
OriginGerman, Dutch, Scandinavian, and Estonian variation of John
Meaning"God is gracious"
GenderBoy
NB Rank#991
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About Johannes
Variation of Hans
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,732 | 44 | 22.9 |
| 2015 | #2,398 | 54 | 28.2 |
| 2016 | #2,421 | 53 | 27.9 |
| 2017 | #2,434 | 53 | 28.6 |
| 2018 | #2,526 | 51 | 28.1 |
| 2019 | #2,244 | 62 | 34.6 |
| 2020 | #2,306 | 59 | 34.2 |
| 2021 | #3,268 | 36 | 20.6 |
| 2022 | #2,772 | 47 | 26.9 |
| 2023 | #2,557 | 52 | 30.4 |
| 2024 | #3,064 | 40 | 23.2 |
| 2025 | #2,499 | 54 | 31.6 |
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Famous Johanness
- Johannes Brahms
German composer
- Johannes Kepler
German astronomer
- Johannes Vermeer
Dutch painter
- Johannes Gutenberg
German inventor of the printing press
- Johannes Peter Müller
German physiologist
- Johannes Hevelius
German astronomer
- Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Irish theologian
- Johannes Diderik van der Waals
winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics
- Johannes Stark
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
- Johannes Fibiger
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Johannes von Trapp
one of the real,life children of Georg Johannes and Maria von Trapp (of "Sound of Music" fame)
- Patrick Johannes Adams
Canadian actor
Johannes in pop culture
- Johannes
the seducer in "The Seducer's Diary" by Soeren Kierkegaard
- Johannes Jonker
character in J.K. Rowling's "History of Magic in North America"
- Johannes "Jojo" Betzler
character in the movie "Jojo Rabbit"
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