John

John is a common masculine given name in the English language of originally Semitic origin. The name is derived from the Latin Ioannes and Iohannes, which are forms of the Greek name Iōannēs (Ἰωάννης), originally borne by Hellenized Jews transliterating the Hebrew name Yohanan (יוֹחָנָן‎), "Graced by Yah", or Yehohanan (יְהוֹחָנָן‎), "Yahweh is Gracious". There are numerous forms of the name in different languages; these were formerly often simply translated as "John" in English but are increasingly left in their native forms (see sidebar).
It is among the most common given names in Anglophone, Persian, Turkic and European countries; traditionally, it was the most common, although it has not been since the latter half of the 20th century. John owes its unique popularity to two highly revered saints, John the Baptist (forerunner of Jesus Christ) and the apostle John (traditionally considered the author of the Gospel of John); the name has since been chosen as the regnal or religious name of a vast number of emperors, kings, popes and patriarchs. Initially, it was a favorite name among the Greeks but it flourished in all of Europe after the First Crusade.

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Masc. proper name, Middle English Jon, Jan (mid-12c.), from Old French Jan, Jean, Jehan (Modern French Jean), from Medieval Latin Johannes, an alteration of Late Latin Joannes, from Greek Ioannes, from Hebrew Yohanan (longer form y'hohanan), said to mean literally "Jehovah has favored" or "Jah is gracious," from hanan "he was gracious." Greek conformed the Hebrew ending to its own customs. The -h- in English was inserted in imitation of the Medieval Latin form. Old English had the Biblical name as Iohannes. As the name of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, it was one of the most frequent Christian given names, and in England by early 14c. it rivaled William in popularity and was used generically (in Middle English especially of priests) and as an appellative (as in John Barleycorn, John Bull, John Q. Public). Somehow it also became the characteristic name of a Chinaman (1818). The Latin name also is the source of French Jean, Spanish Juan, Italian Giovanni, Portuguese João, also Dutch Jan, Hans, German Johann, Russian Ivan. Welsh form was Ieuan, Efan (see Evan), but Ioan was adopted for the Welsh Authorized Version of the Bible, hence frequency of Jones as a Welsh surname.

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God is gracious, God's gracious gift. English form of Iohannes, Latin form of the Greek name Ioannes, derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan.

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Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	John Cena	1977	American professional wrestler, bodybuilder, rapper, and actor
2	John F. Kennedy	1917	35th president of the United States of America
3	John Lennon	1940	English singer and songwriter
4	John Travolta	1954	American actor, dancer and singer
5	John Wayne	1907	American film actor
6	John McCain	1936	Politician from the United States
7	John Krasinski	1979	American actor, film director, and writer
8	John Legend	1978	Singer–songwriter, pianist
9	Elton John	1947	English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
10	John Wayne Gacy	1942	American serial killer and rapist
11	John Adams	1735	2nd President of the United States
12	John Stamos	1963	American musician
13	John Kasich	1952	American politician and former television host
14	John Glenn	1921	American astronaut and politician
15	John Goodman	1952	American actor, voice artist, and comedian
16	John D. Rockefeller	1839	American business magnate and philanthropist
17	John Boyega	1992	British-Nigerian actor
18	John Hurt	1940	British actor
19	John Cusack	1966	American actor, producer, and screenwriter
20	John Ritter	1948	Actor
21	John F. Kennedy, Jr.	1960	American magazine publisher and lawyer, son of President John F. Kennedy, Sr.
22	John Candy	1950	Canadian actor and comedian
23	John Mayer	1977	Guitarist and singer/songwriter
24	John Belushi	1949	American comedian, actor, and musician
25	John Kerry	1943	Politician from the United States
26	John Williams	1932	American composer, conductor and pianist
27	John Abraham	1972	Indian film actor, producer and model
28	John Denver	1943	American singer, songwriter, activist, and humanitarian
29	John Locke	1632	English philosopher and physician
30	John Quincy Adams	1767	American politician, 6th president of the United States (in office from 1825 to 1829)
31	John Gotti, Sr.	1940	American crime boss
32	John Malkovich	1953	US-american actor, film producer and film director
33	John Cleese	1939	Actor from England
34	John McEnroe	1959	US tennis player
35	John Dillinger	1903	American bank robber
36	John Cazale	1935	American actor
37	John Wilkes Booth	1838	Stage actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln
38	John Christie	1899	English serial killer
39	John Green	1977	American author and vlogger
40	John Frusciante	1970	American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer
41	John Leguizamo	1964	Colombian and American actor, film producer, voice artist, and comedian
42	John Lithgow	1945	American character actor, musician, and author
43	John Terry	1980	English footballer
44	John Elway	1960	All-American college football player, professional football player, quarterback, College Football Hall of Fame member, Pro Football Hall of Fame member
45	John Bennett Ramsey	1943	Father of murder victim
46	John McAfee	1945	American computer programmer and businessman
47	John Connolly	1940	Former FBI agent
48	John Turturro	1957	Born 1957; American actor, writer and director
49	John C. Reilly	1965	American actor
50	John Forbes Nash	1928	American mathematician and Nobel Prize laureate
51	John Boehner	1949	Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
52	John Steinbeck	1902	American writer
53	Daymond John	1969	American entrepreneur, investor, television personality, author and motivational speaker
54	John Brown	1800	American abolitionist
55	John Rhys-Davies	1944	Welsh actor
56	John Bonham	1948	English musician and drummer for Led Zeppelin
57	John Laurens	1754	American soldier of the Revolutionary War
58	John Hughes	1950	American filmmaker
59	John Tyler	1790	American politician, 10th president of the United States (in office from 1841 to 1845)
60	John Constantine
61	John Mellencamp	1951	American rock singer-songwriter, musician and painter
62	John Roberts	1955	Chief Justice of the United States
63	John Holmes	1944	Male porn star
64	John Barrowman	1967	Scottish-American actor, singer, dancer, musical theatre performer, writer and television personality
65	John the Baptist		Major religious figure
66	John Corbett	1961	Born 1961; American actor and country music singer
67	John Madden	1936	U.S. American football player and coach
68	John Oliver	1977	English comedian
69	John David Washington	1984	American football player
70	John von Neumann	1903	Hungarian-American mathematician and polymath okos
71	John Cho	1972	Korean-American actor
72	John Aniston	1933	Greek-American actor
73	Jihadi John	1988	Nickname given by news media to an unidentified member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)
74	John Wall	1990	American professional basketball player
75	John Slattery	1962	American actor
76	John Maynard Keynes	1883	British economist
77	John Morrison	1979	American professional wrestler
78	John Heard	1945	Born 1945; American actor
79	John Titor		Alleged time traveler urban legend
80	John Fogerty	1945	Born 1945; American musician, songwriter, and guitarist
81	John Francis Daley	1985	American actor, film director and screenwriter
82	John Major	1943	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1990-1997)
83	John Amos	1939	Actor, athlete
84	John Calvin	1509	French Protestant reformer
85	John C. Calhoun	1782	7th Vice President of the United States
86	John Keats	1795	English Romantic poet
87	John le Carré	1931	British novelist and spy
88	John Astin	1930	Born 1930; American actor
89	John Coltrane	1926	American jazz saxophonist
90	John Podesta	1949	Former White House Chief of Staff
91	John Cassavetes	1929	Actor, director, Producer, Screenwriter, Editor
92	John Stuart Mill	1806	British philosopher and political economist
93	John Daly	1966	Professional golfer
94	John Edwards	1953	American politician
95	John Mahoney	1940	British-born American actor
96	John Henry		Folklore character
97	John J. Pershing	1860	United States Army general in World War I
98	John Stockton	1962	American retired professional basketball player
99	John Milton	1608	English epic poet
100	John Phillips	1935	American musician
101	John Grisham	1955	American lawyer, politician, and author
102	John Layfield	1966	American wrestler, commentator and host
103	John DiMaggio	1968	American voice actor and comedian
104	John Dewey	1859	American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer
105	John Carroll Lynch	1963	American actor
106	John Hinckley	1955	Attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan
107	John Lydon	1956	English singer, songwriter, and musician
108	John Hancock	1737	American Patriot and statesman during the American Revolution (1737–1793)
109	John Mulaney	1982	American actor and comedian
110	John Jacob Astor IV	1864	American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel
111	John Ratzenberger	1947	Actor
112	John Dalton	1766	English chemist, meteorologist and physicist
113	John Muir	1838	Scottish-born American naturalist and author
114	John Logie Baird	1888	Scottish scientist, engineer, innovator and inventor of the world's first television
115	John C. McGinley	1959	Born 1959; American actor
116	John Calipari	1959	American college basketball coach
117	John Hannah	1962	Scottish actor
118	John O. Brennan	1955	7th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
119	John Walsh	1945	Television host and criminal investigator from the United States
120	John Deacon	1951	Musician
121	John Laurinaitis	1962	Professional wrestler, manager, road agent, executive
122	John Sculley	1939	American businessman
123	John Hanson	1721	American merchant and public official from Maryland
124	Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan	1934	British peer and missing murder suspect
125	John Huston	1906	American film director, screenwriter and actor
126	John Lasseter	1957	American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer
127	Jill St. John	1940	American actress
128	John Wesley	1703	Christian theologian
129	John Obi Mikel	1987	Nigerian footballer
130	John Stones	1994	English footballer
131	John Landis	1950	American film director, screenwriter and producer
132	John Munch
133	John Waters	1946	American filmmaker, actor, comedian and writer
134	John Isner	1985	American tennis player
135	John Carradine	1906	American actor
136	John Matuszak	1950	Player of American football
137	John L. Nelson	1916	American jazz musician
138	John Cabot	1450	Italian navigator and explorer (c. 1450 – c. 1499)
139	John Scott	1982	Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman / winger
140	John Geoghan	1935	Catholic priest from Massachusetts
141	John Basilone	1916	American Medal of Honor recipient
142	John Entwistle	1944	English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
143	John Derek	1926	American actor, director and photographer
144	John Spencer	1946	American actor
145	John Marshall	1755	Fourth Chief Justice of the United States
146	John Cage	1912	American avant-garde composer
147	John Carter Cash	1970	American singer, author, songwriter and producer
148	John Jay	1745	American politician and a founding father of the United States
149	John List	1925	American mass murderer
150	John Thaw	1942	Actor from England
151	John Paul Jones	1747	American naval officer
152	John Schneider	1960	Born 1960; American actor and singer
153	John Schnatter	1961	American entrepreneur, founder of Papa John's
154	John the Apostle	0006	Apostle of Jesus
155	John Carpenter	1967	American millionaire on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
156	Austin St. John	1974	American actor
157	John Donne	1572	English poet
158	John Barrymore	1882	1882–1942; American actor of stage, screen and radio
159	John Wooden	1910	American basketball coach
160	John Newman	1990	British singer-songwriter
161	John Nettles	1943	English actor and writer
162	John Ruskin	1819	English writer and art critic
163	John Larroquette	1947	Born 1947; American film, television and stage actor
164	John G. Trump	1907	American engineer and physicist
165	John Gielgud	1904	1904–2000; English actor and theatre director
166	John Saunders	1955	Canadian sports journalist
167	John Higgins	1975	Scottish snooker player
168	John Ford	1894	(1894-1973) film director of more than 140 films
169	John André	1750	British Army officer during the American Revolutionary War
170	John Bercow	1963	British politician
171	John French, 1st Earl of Ypres	1852	Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army
172	John O'Hurley	1954	American actor
173	John Allen Muhammad	1960	Serial killer, co-perpetrator in the "DC Sniper Case"
174	John DeLorean	1925	American engineer and executive in the U.S. automobile industry
175	John R. Bolton	1948	American lawyer and diplomat
176	John Hawkes	1959	American actor
177	John Singleton	1968	(b. 1968) American film director, screenwriter, and producer
178	John Wesley Shipp	1955	American actor
179	John Paul Stevens	1920	Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
180	John Pinette	1964	American comedian and actor
181	John Knox	1514	Scottish clergyman, writer and historian
182	John Noble	1948	Australian actor and director
183	John Drew Barrymore	1932	1932–2004; American actor
184	Red John
185	John D. Rockefeller Jr.	1874	American financier and philanthropist
186	John Harbaugh	1962	American football player and coach
187	John Lynch	1971	Former American football strong safety
188	John Cale	1942	Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer
189	John Prine	1946	American country singer/songwriter
190	John Oates	1949	American musician and member of Hall & Oates
191	John Rolfe	1585	English explorer
192	John Paul DeJoria	1944	American businessman
193	John A. Macdonald	1815	1st Prime Minister of Canada
194	John Clem	1851	Army soldier
195	John Ross Bowie	1971	Actor
196	John Guidetti	1992	Swedish footballer
197	John Michael Higgins	1963	American actor and comedian
198	Dr. John	1940	Born 1940; American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist
199	John Bel Edwards	1966	American politician and lawyer
200	John Woo	1946	Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and film producer