What is the meaning of the name John?

The meaning of the name John is "God is gracious". The origin of the name is "Hebrew". The name John is mostly used as a boys name.

Right pronunciation of John

\jo-hn\

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John is a really popular first name for boys (#2) and also really popular as a last name (#1172). Users of our site ranked the name with a 0.0 (0 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this boys name above or write a comment on the name John.

How popular is the name John?

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The year 1947 was for John a very good year. In that year there were 88325 births with the name John. Find out if John is in the top 100 boys names 1947 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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