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".

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 Alho (1907–1982), Finnish footballer and a football referee
• 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 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 Hjort (1869–1948), Norwegian fisheries biologist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer
• Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
• Johan Kõpp (1874–1970), Estonian Lutheran bishop
• Johan Liebert, the antagonist in Naoki Urasawa's manga and anime series Monster
• Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877), Finland-Swedish poet, and is 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 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, a character in the Smurfs TV series

See also

• Jonah (given name)
• John (name)
• Johann
• Johannes
• Alternate forms for the name John