Johan (given name)

Johan is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin. It is a shortened form of the Hebrew name יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhôḥānān), meaning "God is gracious", and uncommon as a surname. Johan is also a masculine given name of Malay language origin, meaning "Champion".

Johan

Pronunciation	Dutch: [ˈjoːɦɑn] Norwegian: [ˈjùːhɑn] Swedish: [ˈjǔːhan] (listen) or [ˈjûːan]
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	God is gracious
Region of origin	Scandinavia, Southeast Asia, Japan and Netherlands
Other names
Related names	Hans, John, Johannes, Juhan, Yohanan

People with the name Johan include:

• Johan I of Sweden, (1201–1222), King of Sweden
• Johan II of Sweden, (1455–1513), King of Denmark and king of Sweden during the Kalmar Union
• Johan III of Sweden, (1537–1592), King of Sweden
• Carl XIV Johan of Sweden, (1763–1844), King of Sweden and king of Norway, first king in the Bernadotte dynasty
• 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
• 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 Berisha, Swiss footballer
• Johan Bleeker (born 1942), Dutch space scientist
• Johan Bouma (born 1940), Dutch soil scientist
• Johan Brunell, Finnish footballer
• Johan Bruyneel, Belgian cyclist and team manager
• Johan Centeno (born 2005) American video game streamer and professional gamer.
• Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808), Danish zoologist
• 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 Frandsen, frontman for cult Swedish band, The Knockouts
• Johan Galtung (born 1930), Norwegian sociologist
• Johan Harmenberg (born 1954), Swedish Olympic champion épée fencer
• 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 Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
• Johan Kõpp (1874–1970), Estonian Lutheran bishop
• Johan Kristoffersson, Swedish race-car driver
• Johan Liebert, the antagonist in Naoki Urasawa's manga and anime series Monster
• Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877), Finland-Swedish poet, held to be the national poet of Finland
• Johan Micoud, French international footballer, notably for Parma, SV Werder Bremen and Girondins de Bordeaux
• Johan van Minnen (1932–2016), Dutch journalist and politician
• Johan Munters (born 1978), Swedish ski jumper
• Johan Museeuw, Belgian cyclist and former world champion
• Johan Neeskens, Dutch soccer player
• Johan Norberg (born 1973), Swedish writer
• Johan Pitka (1872–1944), Estonian military commander
• Johan of Plön (died 1359), lord of Denmark east of the Great Belt
• Johan Oscar Smith (1871–1943 Horten). Norwegian Christian leader, founder of Brunstad Christian Church
• Johan Reinholdz (born 1980), Swedish guitar player in Andromeda, NonExist and Skyfire
• Johan Renck (born 1966), Swedish director of music videos, TV, and film.
• Johann Rupert, CEO of Remgro
• Johan Santana, New York Mets pitcher
• Johan Staël von Holstein (born 1963), Swedish entrepreneur
• Johan Svensson (born 1962), Swedish Air Force officer
• Johan Teterisa, Indonesian activist
• Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
• Johan Vonlanthen, Swiss football player
• Johan Wallberg (born 1977), Swedish freestyle swimmer
• Johan Josef "John" Willis (born 1952), American-Israeli basketball player