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[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

What is your favorite form of the name John?



I got these off of wikipedia, by the way.

* Eoin (Irish language derivation of Seán; in Irish and Scottish Gaelic refers to the Apostle)
* Evan (Anglicized form of Welsh Ieuan or Ifan)
* Giovanni, Gianni (Italian)
* Giuàn (Western Lombard)
* Ġwanni, Ġwann, Ġanni (Maltese)
* Ian (Scottish derived from Gaelic Iain)
* Ιωάννης , Γιάννης ( Ioannis , Giannis ) (Greek)
* Ion (Romanian)
* Ivan (Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian and other Slavic language nations)
* Jan (Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Faroese, Polish, Czech, German)
* Ján (Slovak)
* Janez (Slovenian)
* Jani (Finnish)
* Jānis (Latvian)
* János (Hungarian)
* Jean (French)
* Jens (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)
* Jevan (variation of Evan)
* Joan (Catalan)
* João (Portuguese)
* Joanes (Basque)
* Jógvan (Faroese)
* Johan (Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, Faroese)
* Johan(n) (variation of Johannes)
* Johannes (Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch)
* Jon (Norwegian, Swedish, Basque)
* Jón (Icelandic, Faroese)
* Jonas (Lithuanian, Swedish)
* Joni (Fijian)
* Jovan (Serbian)
* Juan (Spanish / Filipino), feminine form Juana with diminutive Juanita
* Juhani (Finnish)
* Seán (Irish Seán, after the French Jean)
* Shane (anglicized form of Seán)
* Shaun (anglicised form of Seán)
* Shawn (anglicised form of Seán)
* Shon (Israeli Hebrew) שון (from Shawn)
* Siôn (Welsh)
* Yahya (Arabic: يحيى) Muslim version of John
* Yohanes (Eritrean)
* Yohani (Kirundi)
* Yohanna (Arabic: يوحنا) the Arabic/ Aramaic language derivative used by Christians of the Levant.

Comments

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Evan, Ian, and just plain John are all in my top names.

[stummyflies.livejournal.com]

sean is my favorite.
but then again, that's my brother's name, so i might be a bit biased.

[azelmaroark.livejournal.com]

I like Evan, Ian, Sean/Shawn, and Jon as a nn.

[den-snilek.livejournal.com]

Ivan and Jean fromt hat list.

I also like John.. with the H.

[aimeewins.livejournal.com]

love Ian.
Evan is definitely up there too.

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

I like Jonas. But John is one of my absolute favorite boys names.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Jon.

[subluxate]

Seán, Ian, and Evan. Love them all. We're planning to use Jonas.

I also really like John itself.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Not a form of John, but close enough to me and one of the reasons we're using it-- Jonah.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

jens, jon, jonas

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

I like Ivan best.

Maybe Jonas. I like Jonah better though.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I love Sean. And plain old John.

[colliemommie.livejournal.com]

I like Ivan. Nickname is generally Vanya, which I love for a little boy.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i like sean, evan and giovanni--but i hate how in the US everyone pronounces it jee-oh-vonn-ee. that's not how it's supposed to be pronounced. =/

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

I like Evan, Ian, and Jonathon (which isn't on the list), and that's all. I don't care for plain John, and I don't like Jon unless it's short for Jonathon.

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

Shawn I suppose

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

Sean, Ian, Johann, Jonas. :o)

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Evan is my favorite, because that's my best friend's name and I love him to pieces. I also like John (a family name on my mother's side), Ian, Shawn, and (although I know Eoin is the "proper" spelling) I like Ewan as in Ewan McGregor.