The baby name Joannes is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /joˈanɛs/ (respelling: yo-AH-nes).
Joannes is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Joannes is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /joˈanɛs/ (respelling: yo-AH-nes).
Joannes is Hebrew in Origin.
Joannes is the Latinized personal name corresponding to John, ultimately from Greek Ioannes (Ἰωάννης) and Hebrew Yochanan/Yehohanan, “Yahweh is gracious” or “God has shown favor.” Medieval spellings vary - Ioannes, Iohannes, Joannes - reflecting the historical interchange of I and J in Latin scripts. As a learned and ecclesiastical form, it functioned as the standard Latin rendering for bearers of the name in charters, university records, and liturgy.
In practice it labeled countless saints and scholars (e.g., entries for John the Baptist and John the Apostle) and appears pervasively in parish registers across the Low Countries and German-speaking lands, where vernacular Jan, Johan, or Hans correspond. Related variants include Johannes, John, Jean, Juan, João, Giovanni, Ioan, Ian, Seán, Ivan, and Jan; feminine counterparts are Joanna, Johanna, Jane, Joan, Jeanne, Juana, and Giovanna.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Girls | 0 | #102 | 1 | 3,319 |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #134 | 2 | 4,130 |
| PA | 0 | #138 | 1 | 3,797 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #139 | 1 | 6,332 |
| CR | 0 | #164 | 2 | 5,526 | |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| PL | 0 | #212 | 1 | 2,600 | |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #217 | 1 | 4,575 |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #250 | 4 | 6,830 |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| PE | 0 | #329 | 1 | 6,350 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| MY | 0 | #352 | 3 | 12,352 | |
| BR | 0 | #360 | 1 | 5,969 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| France | Boys | 2014 | #414 | 4 | 2,861 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #500 | 6 | 9,305 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #551 | 7 | 12,905 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #560 | 2 | 19,177 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #572 | 4 | 12,054 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #621 | 2 | 9,244 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #630 | 3 | 18,916 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #698 | 3 | 13,390 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #736 | 4 | 17,960 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #742 | 10 | 12,213 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #823 | 4 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #864 | 2 | 13,765 | |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #869 | 10 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #911 | 10 | 15,656 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #923 | 29 | 5,873 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #996 | 6 | 16,906 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,012 | 100 | 25,439 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,013 | 2 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,031 | 3 | 16,355 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,068 | 5 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,140 | 4 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,270 | 3 | 25,619 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,439 | 33 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,690 | 2 | 28,008 |
Joannes is popular in 31 countries — most recent births per country:
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