# Ioannes
## Latin
### Alternative forms

* (with nominatives ending in -ēs) Iōhannēs, Jōhannēs, Jōannēs
* (with nominatives ending in -is) Iōannis, Jōhannis, Jōannis

### Etymology

From the Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), a contraction of the Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān); see English John for more. The pattern was changed from a first declension pattern to a third declension pattern.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /i̯oːˈan.neːs/, [i̯oːˈänːeːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /joˈan.nes/, [joˈänːes]
or
* (Classical Latin) IPA: /i.oːˈan.neːs/, [ioːˈänːeːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /i.oˈan.nes/, [ioˈänːes]

### Proper noun

Iōannēs m sg (genitive Iōannis); third declension
* a male given name from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs) [in turn from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, “God is gracious”)], equivalent to English John
* John (biblical persons)
** John the Baptist
** John the Evangelist

#### Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

#### Descendants

* Italo-Dalmatian
** Corsican: Ghjuvan, Ghjuvanni
** Dalmatian: Zuáne
** Italian: Giovanni
** Sicilian: Giuanni
* Padanian:
** Gallo-Italic
*** Old Lombard: Zoan
**** Lombard: Giuàn
*** Old Piedmontese: Zoan
**** Piedmontese: Giovan, Zovan
** Rhaeto-Romance
*** Friulian: Zuan
** Venetan: Giovani, Zani
* Old French: Johan, Jehan (see there for further descendants)
** French: Jean
** Norman: Jean
** → Irish: Seán, Seaán, Seaghán (superseded)
*** → English: Sean, Shaun, Shawn, Shon, Shane
** → Middle English: John
*** English: John
*** Scots: John
*** Yola: Jone, Joan, Joane
** → Welsh: Siôn
* Old Occitan:
** Catalan: Joan, Jan
** Occitan: Joan
* Sardinian: Giuanne, Giuanni
* Venetan: Giovani, Zani
* West Iberian
** Aragonese: Chuan
** Extremaduran: Juan
** Old Leonese: Johan
*** Asturian: Xuan
*** Leonese: Xuan
*** Mirandese: Juan, Joan, João
** Old Galician-Portuguese: Joan, Ioham, Iohan, Jan, Johan, Johane, Yoan
*** Galician: Xoán
*** Portuguese: João
** Old Spanish: Johan, Johanne, Juan, Iohan
*** Spanish: Juan
**** → Carolinian: Wan
**** → Classical Nahuatl: Juan
**** → Chinese: → 胡安 (Hú'ān) (transliteration)
**** Don Juan → Chinese: → 唐璜 (transliteration)
**** → English: Juan
**** → Tagalog: Juan
* Old Irish: Iohain
** Irish: Eoin
** Manx: Eoin
** Scottish Gaelic: Eòin
*** Scottish Gaelic: Iain
**** → English: Ian

##### Borrowings

* → Danish: Johannes
* → Dutch: Johannes
* → Estonian: Johannes
* → Faroese: Jóhannes
* → Finnish: Johannes
* → Hungarian: János
* → Icelandic: Jóhannes
* → Latvian: Jānis
* → Middle High German: Jōhannes, Jōhan, Jōhan
** German: Johannes
** Central Franconian:
*** Hunsrik: Johannes
* → Norwegian: Johannes
* → Serbo-Croatian: Jovan
* → Slovene: Janez
* → Swedish: Johannes
* → Japanese: ヨハネ
* → Welsh: Ifan, Ieuan, Ioan, Iwan
** → English: Evan
Unsorted borrowings
* → Albanian: Gjon
* → Basque: Jon
* → Breton: Yann
* → Cimbrian: Nåne
* → Czech: Jan
* → Manx: Ean
* → Manx: Juan
* → Polish: Jan
* → Slovak: Ján
* → Lower Sorbian: Jan
* → Upper Sorbian: Jan

### References

* “Jōannes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Jōannis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Ioannes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.