# Alternate forms for the name John

Other language forms for the name John:
* Chon
* Dzon, Džon (Congolese, Serbian)
* Ean (Manx)
* Eoin (Irish)
* Evan (Welsh)
* Ewan (Scottish Gaelic)
* Ganix (Basque)
* Giăng (Vietnamese, Protestant Giăng)
* Giovanni, Ivan (Italian)
* Gioan (Vietnamese, Catholic Gioan)
* Gioann (West-Lombard)
* Giuàn (East-Lombard)
* Giovanni, Gianni (Italian)
* Giuàn (Emiliano-Romagnolo)
* Gion
* Gjon, Gjoni or Gjin (Albanian)
* Hannes (German from Johannes)
* Hannu (Finnish)
* Hans (Dutch, German, Swedish from Johannes)
* Henna (Arabic: حنّا)
* Hoani (Māori)
* Hone (Māori)
* Honza (Czech)
* Hovanes or Hovannes (Armenian)
* Ian (English)
* Iain (Scottish Gaelic—common form, though Ian is used in English)
* Ianto (Welsh)
* Ibane, Ibon (Basque)
* Ifan (Welsh)
* Ioan (Romanian, Welsh)
* Ioane (Samoan)
* Ioannis (Greek)
* Ion (Romanian, Basque)
* Ionel (Romanian)
* Ieuan (Welsh)
* Ivan (Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian and other Slavic language nations)
* Ivanko (Ukrainian)
* Ivo (Croatian and some other Slavic language nations)
* Jaan (Estonian)
* Jack (nickname for John; not traditionally a name in itself)
* Jan (Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Polish, Norwegian)
* Ján (Slovak)
* Jani (Finnish)
* Janez (Slovene)
* Jānis (Latvian)
* Janko (Slovak, Hungarian)
* Janek (Czech)
* Janne (Finnish)
* János (Hungarian)
* Jăvan (Chuvash)
* Jean (French)
* Jens (Danish)
* Jhonas (Hebrew)
* Joan (Catalan)
* Joanes (Basque)
* Jóannes (Faroese)
* João (Portuguese)
* Johaiñe (Basque from Zuberoa/Soule province)
* Johan (Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, Faroese, Afrikaans)
* Johann (Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)
* Jóhann (Icelandic, Faroese)
* Johannes (Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch)
* Jóhannes (Icelandic)
* Jon (Basque, Norwegian)
* ジョン (Jon) (Japanese)
* Jón
* Jonas (Lithuanian, Germanic: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch)
* Jovan (Serbian)
* Juan (Spanish, Filipino, Manx)
* Juhan (Estonian)
* Juhani (Finnish)
* Jöns (Swedish)
* Manex (Basque)
* Nelu (Romanian)
* Nzuá (Angolan)
* Ohan (Armenian)
* Seán (Irish Seán, after the French Jean)
* Shane (Anglicised form of Seán)
* Shaun (American form of Sean)
* Shawn (Anglicised form of Seán)
* Sheik (Arabic)
* Siôn (Welsh)
* Sione (Tongan)
* Soane (Tongan)
* ᏣᏂ (Tsani) (Cherokee) in Cherokee syllabary
* Xoán (Galician)
* Yaḥyā يحيى, (Arabic, Turkish and Persian, for John the Baptist)
* Yan (Indonesian)
* Yanka (Belarusian)
* Yann (Breton)
* Yiannis (Greek)
* Vanya (Russian)
* Yochanan / Yohanan (יוֹחָנָן‎) (Hebrew)
* Yohannan (Malayalam)
* Yohannes (Ethiopian)
* Yohan, Yohanes (Indonesian, Malaysian)
* Yohan (Sinhalese, Sri Lankan)
* Yohanni (Makhuwa)
* 요한(Yohan)(Korean)
* Yonnachan (Malayalam)
* Youhanna (يُوحَنّا) (Arabic and Persian, for John the Apostle)
* Youhannon (Malayalam)
* Yuhana (Mandaic)
* Yuhanna (Syriac)
* 約翰 [zh] (Yuēhàn) (Chinese in Traditional Chinese characters, Protestant translation)
* 若望 [zh] (Ruò wàng) (Chinese in Traditional Chinese characters, Catholic Church translation)
* 強 (Qiáng) (Chinese in Traditional Chinese characters, colloquial transliteration based on English; literally "strong")
* Zane
* Rayan, Rayappan, Sinappan (Tamil)