Yochanan

yoh-KHAH-nan

Form of Yehochanan or John, Hebrew

"God is gracious"

Yochanan Origin and Meaning

The name Yochanan is a boy's name meaning "God is gracious".

A contracted form of Yehochanan, the Biblical Hebrew form of John. Variants include Yohanan and Johanan and the increasingly popular short form is Yahya.

Famous People Named Yochanan

• Yochanan Sofer German,Israeli rabbi
• Yochanan Vollach Israeli footballer
• Yochanan Muffs American theologian
• Yochanan Afek Israeli chess player and composer
• Yochanan Shochet Israeli rabbi
• Yohanan Alemanno Italian philosopher
• Yohanan ben Zakkai 1st century Israeli rabbi
• Jehohanan (or Yehohanan) son of Hagkol, Israeli man crucified in the 1st century CE, whose ossuary was found in 1968