Johan (given name)

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{{Infobox given name

| name = Johan

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| pronunciation={{IPA|nl|ˈjoːɦɑn|lang|nl-Johan.ogg}}
{{IPA|no|jʊˈhɑnː|lang}}
{{IPA|sv|ˈjûːan|lang|Sv-Johan-fast.flac}}
{{IPA|ms|ˈdʒohan|lang}}

| gender = Male

| meaning = Yahweh is gracious

| region = Scandinavia, Netherlands, and Flanders

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| related names = Hans, John, Johannes, Juhan, Yohan, Yohanan

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Johan is a Scandinavian and Dutch form of Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name Iōánnēs ({{lang|grc|Ἰωάννης}}), from the Hebrew name Yochanan ({{Script/Hebrew|יוֹחָנָן}}), itself derived from the extended form {{Transliteration|he|Yehochanan}} ({{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹחָנָן}}), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious". It is uncommon as a surname. Its English equivalent is John.

Johan is also a masculine given name of Malay language origin, meaning "champion".

Yo-han is a Korean masculine given name, derived from John.

People with the name Johan include:

First name

Johan, fictional character in a comics series by Peyo
Johan (Archbishop of Uppsala), late 13th-century Polish-born cleric
Johan Alho (1907–1982), Finnish footballer and a football referee
Johan Andersson (born 1974), Swedish video game designer
Johan Beck-Friis (1890–1969), Swedish diplomat
Johan Berisha (born 1979), Swiss footballer
Johan Bleeker (born 1942), Dutch space scientist
Johan Bouma (born 1940), Dutch soil scientist
Johan Brunell (born 1991), Finnish footballer
Johan Bruyneel (born 1964), Belgian cyclist and team manager
Johan Büser (born 1983), Swedish politician
Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808), Danish zoologist
Johan Camargo (born 1993), Panamanian major league baseball infielder
Johan Cruyff (1947–2016) Dutch football manager and retired player
Ole-Johan Dahl (1931–2002), Norwegian computer scientist
Johan Derksen (born 1949), Dutch sports journalist and former football player
Johan Edlund (born 1971), Swedish musician, leader and vocalist of the band Tiamat
Johan Falkmar (born 1991), Swedish footballer
Johan Frandsen (born 1982), frontman for Swedish band, The Knockouts
Johan Galtung (1930–2024), Norwegian sociologist
Johan Geibert (born 1977), Swedish bandy player
Johan Harmenberg (born 1954), Swedish Olympic champion épée fencer
Johan Hansing (1888–1941), Estonian lawyer, stage actor, playwright, and politician
Johan Håstad (born 1960), Swedish mathematician
Johan Hegg, Vocalist for the melodic death metal band, Amon Amarth
Johan Gustaf Hellsten (1870–1956), Finnish president
Johan Hjort (1869–1948), Norwegian fisheries biologist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer
Johan Hultin (1924 – 2022) American pathologist
Johan Kenkhuis (born 1980), Dutch swimmer
Johan Kõpp (1874–1970), Estonian Lutheran bishop
Johan Kristoffersson (born 1988), Swedish race-car driver
Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877), Finland-Swedish poet
Johan Augustin Mannerheim (1706–1778), Swedish artillery colonel and commandant
Johan Micoud (born 1973), French footballer
Johan van Minnen (1932–2016), Dutch journalist and politician
Johan Munters (born 1978), Swedish ski jumper
Johan Museeuw (born 1965), Belgian cyclist
Johan Neeskens (1951–2024), Dutch soccer player
Johan Norberg (born 1973), Swedish writer
Johan Norlén (born 1971), Swedish officer
Johan Pitka (1872–1944), Estonian military commander
Johan of Plön (1297–1359), lord of Denmark east of the Great Belt
Johan Oscar Smith (1871–1943 Horten). Norwegian Christian leader, founder of Brunstad Christian Church
Johan Raid (1885–1964), Estonian politician and civil servant
Johan Reinholdz (born 1980), Swedish guitar player in Andromeda, NonExist and Skyfire
Johan Renck (born 1966), Swedish director
Johan Rojas (born 2000), Dominican baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies
Johann Rupert (born 1950), South African businessman
Johan Santana (born 1979), American baseball player
Johan Staël von Holstein (born 1963), Swedish entrepreneur
Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg (1832–1873), Finnish priest, the father of President K. J. Ståhlberg
Johan Svensson (born 1962), Swedish Air Force officer
Johan Teterissa (1961–2019), Indonesian activist
Johan Thyrén (1861–1933), Swedish academic and politician
Johan van der Velde (born 1956), Dutch cyclist
Johan Vonlanthen (born 1986), Swiss football player
Johan Wallberg (born 1977), Swedish freestyle swimmer
Johan Josef "John" Willis (born 1952), American-Israeli basketball player
Johan Zinin (born 1974), Bruneian footballer
Johan Zulch de Villiers (1845–1910), South African politician
Johan III (1537–1592) King of Sweden
Byun Yohan (born 1986), South Korean Actor
Johan Kim (born 1973), Korean-American singer and record producer

Middle name

Carl Johan Trygg, (1887–1954), Swedish master woodcarver
Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (1916–2012), youngest child of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden