I am John, as was my father. My great grandfather was Johannes. My great-great grandfather was Johan. I have a grandson whose middle name is John. I love the way we keep a name going through the generations.
I think John is a traditionally, strong, classy, masculine boy’s name! I realize ‘John’ is one of those names to remain trendy, popular, common, and overused at all times. That’s what caused it to seem like such a very boring and plain name. The reason why John has always been such a typical name is because it’s lovely, elegant, handsome, noble, and its got so much meaning behind it. It’s a really nice name for a MALE! I know this ‘masculine’ name had some rare feminine usage back then, but that doesn’t make it a ‘female’ name or a unisex name. You COULD name a girl John, but that doesn’t mean you SHOULD. I love this name, but ONLY for guys! I wouldn’t use it, but it’s a nice name!
Usage: Swedish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern), Finnish (Modern), Danish (Modern), Estonian (Modern, Rare)
― Anonymous User 6/29/2019
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Ian (Scottish), Ivan (Russian), Evan (Welsh), Yanni (Greek), and Vanya (Russian) are all other forms of John. I know at least one person with each of these names; one friend of mine even goes by all of them.
In 2018, 42 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) John who is registered female* with the Social Security Administration. It is the 1, 590th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens. *to some extent, I think this can be explained by incorrect data entry or forms filled out wrong during application; since John has been a popular male name for millennia, it stands to reason that by sheer numbers, more John applicants would be entered incorrectly as female. But certainly there are girls & women named John, too.
― Anonymous User 10/15/2018
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In 2018, 46 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) John who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 3rd most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.
― Anonymous User 10/5/2018
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Very popular in Sweden, Netherlands and Norway. [noted -ed]
Several famous people are named JohnJohn Lennon- Beatles John Mcindoe- actor John Philpott- actorI like the name John and wouldn't mind using it for either a first or middle name for my future son/s.
John was so popular in the past! 29% of men were named John from at least 1530-1700. John also used to be way more popular as the whole first name, not a nickname for Jonathan. Both are good in my opinion.