Yochonon as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Yochonon

What is the meaning of the name Yochonon ?

The baby name Yochonon is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced yo-KHOH-non (IPA: /joχoˈnon/).

Yochonon is Hebrew in Origin.

Yochonon is an Ashkenazic, Yiddish-influenced rendering of the Hebrew personal name Yohanan (יוחנן/יהוחנן), from the root H-N-N, "to show favor," conveying the meaning "Yahweh/God is gracious." The spelling with ch reflects the guttural het sound; forms vary between Yo- and Yeho- theophoric prefixes. In rabbinic and communal use, Yochonon often coexists with the related short form Chonon (from Chanan) and with standard Israeli Yochanan.

The name appears throughout the Bible and Second Temple literature (e.g., Yehohanan the high priest, Johanan son of Kareah) and became prominent among sages such as Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai and Rabbi Yochanan bar Nafcha. Through Greek and Latin transmission it yielded John and its many European cognates: Johannes, John, Jean, Juan, Giovanni, Ivan, Jan, Seán, Ian. Common scholarly or traditional variants include Yochanan, Yohanan, Johanan, and Yehohanan/Yehochanan; Yiddish spelling Yochonon remains favored in Hasidic circles.

⚙ Yochonon is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Yochonon appears only 1 time in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.