John

Hebrew

"God is gracious"

John Origin and Meaning

Variation of Sinjon

John Rank in US Top 1000

# 21 in the US

John Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 181 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name John

• 21 US 2024
• 181 Nameberry 2025
• 73 Canada 2024
• 31 Future 2035
• 164 England 2024
• 78 scotland 2024
• 29 Ireland 2024
• 93 Australia 2015
• 82 New Zealand 2024
• 85 Germany 2017
• 99 sweden 2024
• 150 switzerland 2023

20 Names Similar to John

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Famous People Named John

• John "Johnny" Christopher Depp II American actor
• John "Jack" Christopher Depp III son of Johnny Depp
• Saint John the Baptist cousin of Jesus
• John I VIII, Byzantine emperors
• John I XXIII, popes
• John Paul I and II popes
• John King of England
• John Balliol King of Scotland
• John Milton English poet
• John Hancock American revolutionary
• Lt. Col. John Laurens American revolutionary and abolitionist
• John Adams 2nd U.S. president
• John Wesley English founder of Methodism
• John Quincy Adams 6th U.S. president
• John Tyler 10th U.S. president
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy 35th U.S. president
• John Wycliffe Morning Star of the Reformation
• John Smith English settler of North America
• John Locke English political philosopher
• John Davison Rockefeller American business magnate
• John Lounsbery American animator
• John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV an American business mogaul; richest person to die on the Titanic
• John Sidney (Blyth) Barrymore American actor
• John Wayne (born Marion Robert Morrison) American actor
• John Glenn American astronaut and politician
• John Major Prime Minister of the U.K.
• John Cleese English actor and comedian
• John Winston Lennon English musician of The Beatles
• John R. "Johnny" Cash American country music singer
• John Joseph Travolta American actor and singer
• John Rhys Davies, Welsh actor
• John King of Denmark
• John I and II Kings of Hungary
• John Donne English poet
• John Keats English poet
• John Hoyer Updike American novelist
• John Scot Barrowman Scottish,American actor
• John Adam Belushi American actor/comedian
• John Michael Green American novelist
• John Clayton Mayer American singer,songwriter
• John Alec Entwhistle bassist of English band The Who
• (Arthur) John Gielgud English actor
• John Foster Dulles U.S. Secretary of State
• John William Oliver English comedian and TV personality
• John Michael Turturro American actor
• John Edmund Andrew Phillips lead singer of American band The Mamas and the Papas
• John Christopher Reilly American actor
• John (Cougar) Mellencamp American singer
• John Dolmayan Armenian,American drummer for band System of a Down
• John Carter Hensley American actor
• John Joseph Edward "Jack" Cassidy American actor
• Jonathan Southworth "John" Ritter American actor
• John Singer Sargent American painter
• John Cummings aka Johnny Ramone guitarist of American band The Ramones
• John Paul Henry Daniel Richard Grimes of Irish twin duo "Jedward"
• John Richard Deacon bassist for English band Queen
• John Paul Cusack American actor
• John Young American astronaut
• John Franklin English Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic
• John Marcellus Huston American film director
• (Nigel) John Taylor bassist for English band Duran Duran
• John William Oates musician of American duo Hall & Oates
• John Mark "Johnny" Galecki American actor
• John Ross Bowie American actor
• John Phillip Stamos American actor/musician
• John Patrick "Jack" Douglass American comedy vlogger
• John Wesley Shipp American actor
• John "Barney" Yazici aka ThatGuyBarney Turkish,American YouTuber
• John David Duggar(b.1990), 3rd child (2nd son) of reality TV's Duggar family. Twin brother of Jana Marie
• John Owen Lowe son of American actor Rob Lowe
• John Aether Ramirez Land son of Dania Ramirez & John Land
• John David Linch (b. 2007) son of American legal commentator and television host Nancy Grace
• John Phillips (b. 2009) son of American actress Julie Bowen
• John "Rocco" Falconetti (b. 2009) son of former artistic gymnast Shannon Miller
• John Nash Chatham (b. 2014) son of American actor Wes Chatham and American sports broadcaster Jenn Brown
• John Willard "Bill" Marriott Sr., founder of Marriott International
• John Sidney McCain III American politician, senior US Senator from Arizona
• John Brooks American author, activist and blogger devoted to raising awareness of suicide and a barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge
• John Verhoek Dutch footballer
• Prince John Charles Francis of the United Kingdom fifth and youngest son of George V and Mary of Teck
• John Ledin Swedish guitarist, son of Swedish musician Tomas actor
• John Burke Krasinski American actor
• John Candy late Canadian actor & comedian
• John Lithgow American Actor
• John Goodman American Actor
• John Ronald Reuel "J.R.R." Tolkien English writer , author of The Hobbit, The Lord of The Rings, The Silmarillion

The name John in Pop Culture

• John fourth book in the New Testament
• 1 2, &3 John, epistles in the New Testament
• John Coffey character in "The Green Mile" novel/movie
• John Trent character in "In the Mouth of Madness"
• John Winchester character on TV's "Supernatural"
• John Bender character in "The Breakfast Club"
• John Hamish Watson character in the Sherlock Holmes series
• Dr. John Montague/Markway character in "The Haunting of Hill House"
• John Smith character in "I Am Number Four" series
• John Smith main character in 'The Dead Zone' series
• John Smith alias of the Doctor on TV's Doctor Who
• John Ross Ewing I II, and III, characters on TV's "Dallas"
• John Nelson character in video game "The Sims"
• John "Johnny" Burb character in video game "The Sims"
• John Kennish character on TV's "Switched at Birth"
• John Bennett character on TV's "Orange is the New Black"
• John Sheppard character on TV's "Stargate: Atlantis"
• John Crichton character on TV's "Farscape"
• John Connor character in The Terminator series
• John Hayden Character in "Abandon" series by Meg Cabot
• John main character in G. A. Henty's, For the Temple
• John Becker character on TV's "Becker"
• John Clasky character in movie "Spanglish"
• John Egbert character in webcomic Homestuck
• John Bennett character on TV's "Alphas"
• John Brooke character in the Little Women series
• John 'Demi' Brooke Jr character in the Little Women series
• John James Rambo main character in "Rambo" series
• John Masters character from Star of Babylon by Barbara Wood
• John Dee main character in the "Kronos Chronicles"
• John the Savage character in "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
• John McBain character on American soaps "One Life to Live" and "General Hospital"
• John Locke character on TV's "Lost"
• Little John one of Robin Hood's Merry Men
• John Monad character on TV's "John from Cincinnati"
• John Whitefoot character in G. A. Henty's, Orange and Green
• John Gage a character on TV's "Emergency!"
• John Townsend character in "Yesterday's child" by Barbara Wood
• John Reese character on TV's "Person of Interest"
• John Moore character in "The Alienist"
• Red John villain on TV's "The Mentalist"
• John Glenn Tracy character from The Thunderbirds series
• John Swanson son of Ron Swanson and Diane Lewis on TV's Parks and Recreation
• Dr. John "JD" Dorian character on the TV show "Scrubs"
• Dr. John Carter character from TV show "ER"
• John Andrew Diggle aka Spartan character on TV's "Arrow"
• John Reed a character from Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre"
• John "Pyro" Allerdyce character from X,men comics
• John Proudstar aka Thunderbird character from X,men comics
• John Wilkes character from "Gone with the Wind"
• John Jones also known as J'onn J'onzz and Martian Manhunter, character from DC Universe
• John Stewart also known as The Green Lantern, character from DC Universe
• John Corben also known as Metallo, character from DC Universe
• John Grayson character from DC Universe
• John Constantine character from DC Universe
• Dr. John Wade Prentice Jr. and his father John Prentice Sr. characters from "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
• John slang for a toilet
• John Kramer main character in the SAW movie franchise, played by Tobin Bell
• John Murphy main character in the TV show "The 100"
• John Proctor a character in Arthur Miller's play, "The Crucible."
• John Michael Shelby character in bbc series Peaky blinders
• John Sturgis College Physics professor on the TV series "Young Sheldon"
• John LaMarr character on TV series "The Orville"
• John Thomas "J.T." Lambert character on ABC TGIF sitcom "Step by Step"
• John Harriman Captain of the Enterprise,B in the 1994 film "Star Trek: Generations"
• John Munch character on TV's "Law and Order: SVU" and "Homicide: Life on the Street"
• John James "Jack" McCoy character on "Law and Order"
• John Tyree character played by Channing Tatum in the movie "Dear John"