Johan (given name)

Johan is a Scandinavian and Dutch form of Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name Iōánnēs (Ἰωάννης), from the Hebrew name Yochanan, itself derived from the extended form Yehochanan , meaning "Yahweh is Gracious". It is uncommon as a surname. Its English equivalent is John.

Johan is also a masculine given name of Malay language origin, meaning "champion".

Yo-han is a Korean masculine given name, derived from John.

People with the name Johan include:

First name

 * Johan, fictional character in a comics series by Peyo
 * Johan (Archbishop of Uppsala), late 13th-century Polish-born cleric
 * Johan Alho (1907–1982), Finnish footballer and a football referee
 * Johan Andersson (born 1974), Swedish video game designer
 * Johan Berisha (born 1979), Swiss footballer
 * Johan Bleeker (born 1942), Dutch space scientist
 * Johan Bouma (born 1940), Dutch soil scientist
 * Johan Brunell (born 1991), Finnish footballer
 * Johan Bruyneel (born 1964), Belgian cyclist and team manager
 * Johan Büser (born 1983), Swedish politician
 * Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808), Danish zoologist
 * Johan Camargo (born 1993), Panamanian major league baseball infielder
 * 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 (born 1982), frontman for Swedish band, The Knockouts
 * Johan Galtung (born 1930), Norwegian sociologist
 * Johan Geibert (born 1977), Swedish bandy player
 * Johan Harmenberg (born 1954), Swedish Olympic champion épée fencer
 * Johan Hansing (1888–1941), Estonian lawyer, stage actor, playwright, and politician
 * Johan Håstad (born 1960), Swedish mathematician
 * Johan Hegg, Vocalist for the melodic death metal band, Amon Amarth
 * Johan Gustaf Hellsten (1870–1956), Finnish president
 * Johan Hjort (1869–1948), Norwegian fisheries biologist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer
 * Johan Kenkhuis (born 1980), Dutch swimmer
 * Johan Kõpp (1874–1970), Estonian Lutheran bishop
 * Johan Kristoffersson (born 1988), Swedish race-car driver
 * Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877), Finland-Swedish poet
 * Johan Micoud (born 1973), French footballer
 * Johan van Minnen (1932–2016), Dutch journalist and politician
 * Johan Munters (born 1978), Swedish ski jumper
 * Johan Museeuw (born 1965), Belgian cyclist
 * Johan Neeskens (born 1951), 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 Raid (1885–1964), Estonian politician and civil servant
 * Johan Reinholdz (born 1980), Swedish guitar player in Andromeda, NonExist and Skyfire
 * Johan Renck (born 1966), Swedish director
 * Johan Rojas (born 2000), Dominican baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies
 * Johann Rupert (born 1950), South African businessman
 * Johan Santana (born 1979), American baseball player
 * Johan Staël von Holstein (born 1963), Swedish entrepreneur
 * Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg (1832–1873), Finnish priest, the father of President K. J. Ståhlberg
 * Johan Svensson (born 1962), Swedish Air Force officer
 * Johan Teterissa (1961–2019), Indonesian activist
 * Johan Thyrén (1861–1933), Swedish academic and politician
 * Johan van der Velde (born 1956), Dutch cyclist
 * Johan Vonlanthen (born 1986), Swiss football player
 * Johan Wallberg (born 1977), Swedish freestyle swimmer
 * Johan Josef "John" Willis (born 1952), American-Israeli basketball player
 * Johan Zulch de Villiers (1845–1910), South African politician
 * Johan III (1537-1592) King of Sweden
 * Byun Yohan (born 1986), South Korean Actor
 * Johan Kim (born 1973), Korean-American singer and record producer

Middle name

 * 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

Surname

 * Syahredzan Johan (born 1983), Malaysian politician

Other uses

 * Johan Liebert, a character from Monster (manga)
 * Johan Seong, a character from Lookism (manhwa)