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Johannes

OriginGerman, Dutch, Scandinavian, and Estonian variation of John
Meaning"God is gracious"
US Rank#2499

2025 SSA

About Johannes

An Old World name that might have a chance to rise again with other ancient and worldly forms. Be sure to say yo-HAHN-es.

Pronounced yo-HAHN-es.

As of October 2026, Johannes ranked #2499 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1704 in 1966.

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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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