Johan (given name) explained
Johan is a Scandinavian and Dutch form of Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name Iōánnēs (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἰωάννης), from the Hebrew name Yochanan, itself derived from the extended form, 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 Johan.
People
- Johan III (1537–1592), King of Sweden
- 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 Kim (born 1973), Korean-American singer and record producer
- 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 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 Rockström (born 1965), Swedish scientist
- Johan Rojas (born 2000), Dominican baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Johan Santana (born 1979), American baseball player
- Johan Oscar Smith (1871–1943), Norwegian Christian leader, founder of Brunstad Christian Church
- 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 Theron (born c. 1943), South African information officer
- Johan Theron (tennis) (born 1975), Namibian tennis player
- Johan Thyrén (1861–1933), Swedish academic and politician
- Johan Tarčulovski (born 1974), Macedonian convicted war criminal 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
Fictional characters
- Johan, fictional character in a comics series by Peyo
- Johan Liebert, a character from Monster (manga)
- Johan Seong, a character from Lookism (manhwa)
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