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The name John is widely used; it has 73 variants that are used in both English and other languages. Variants of John used in English include Evan, Giovanny, Ian (used in Scottish too), Jackie, Jacky, Jo (used in Dutch and German too), Jonathon, Jovanny, Jovany, Shane (used in Irish too), Shaun, Shawn, Shayne, and Zane. The pet forms Jack, Johnnie, and Johnny are other English variants. Foreign variants of John include Eoin (Irish and Scottish), Gian (Italian), Gianni (Italian), Giovanni (Italian), Gjon (Albanian), Hampus (Scandinavian), Hannes (German), Hanno (German), Hans (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), Henning (German), Iain (Scottish), Iefan (Irish), Ioannis (Greek), Ivan (Russian), Ivano (Italian), Iván (Spanish), Iwan (Russian), Jan (Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, and Scandinavian), Janek (Czech and Polish), Janick (Breton and French), Janik (Breton and French), Janika (Hungarian), Janis (Lithuanian), Jann (German), Jannes (Frisian and German), Jannick (Breton and French), Jannik (Breton and French), Jannis (Dutch and German), Janusz (Polish), Jean (French), Jens (German and Scandinavian), Joan (Catalan), João (Portuguese), Johan (Czech, German, and Scandinavian), Johann (German), Johannes (German), Jon (Scandinavian), Jovan (Slavic), Juan (Spanish and Manx), Juanito (Spanish), Juhani (Finnish), Juho (Finnish), Jussi (Finnish), Nino (Italian), Sean (Irish), Wanja (Russian), Yan (German), Yanick (Breton and French), Yanik (Breton and French), Yanis (Greek), Yann (German), Yannic (Breton and French), Yannick (Breton and French), Yannis (Greek), Yoan (French), and Yvan (French). See also the related forms, Jonelle (English), Johnathan (English), and Jonell (English). John is a classic favorite. At present it is still a very popular baby name for boys, though not to the extent it was previously. In 1900, 6.061% of baby boys were given the name John. Its ranking then was #1. The baby name has since experienced a loss in popularity, and is today of moderate use. In 2007, its usage was only 0.651% and its ranking #19, but it was nonetheless the most popular within all boy names in its group. In 2007, John was more widely used than the next most popular name, Jack (English), by 35% . The name John has been predominantly given to boys, though it has also been used as a girl name in the past century. In 1988, John as a boy name outnumbered its use as a girl name by 169 times. Baby names that sound like John include Jon (Scandinavian), Gjon (Albanian), Jan (Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, and Scandinavian), Jann (German), Jean (French), Jim (English), Joan (Catalan), Joona (Finnish), Gene (English), Jackson (English), Jaheim (English), Jamie (English and Scottish), Jaquan (English), Jasmin (French), Jason (English), Jaxon (English), Jaxson (English), Jayson (English), Jimmie (English), Jimmy (English), Joakim (Scandinavian), Jochen (German), Johnnie (English), Johnny (English), Jona (English and Hebrew), Jonah (English), Juwan (English), Gian (Italian), Gianni (Italian), Gino (Italian), Juhani (Finnish), Giacomo (Italian), Gioacchino (Italian), and Geminiano (Italian). KEY: Pronunciation for John: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" Details of famous persons named John:
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