So far, this is what I have: Yvan (Ukrainian), Ian (Gaelic), Jean (French), Janos (Hungarian), Ion (Romanian), Jan (Dutch), Yahya (Arabic), Juan (Spanish), Joao (Portuguese), Giovanni (Italian), Johannes (German), Xon (Greek), Ivan (Russian & Bulgarian), Jon (Icelandic), Jasiu (Polish). I am especially interested in Slavic Languages, Finnish, Other Scandinavian Languages, Turkish, Farsi and any African languages. Thank you!
2006-07-08 19:02:22 · 30 answers · asked by BruceWillis_79 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Gian is Italian, and pronounced jon
Jyon is Japanese (katakana)
Zaine is Hindu
Jan is Slavic and Dutch
Janos is Czech
Hans is Slavic, German and Dutch
Eion is Irish
Jenkin is Flemish
Vanya is Russian
Keon is Irish
Chan is Spanish and Chinese
In Swahili I'm pretty sure you would still just say John
In Hawaiian John would be translated as Keoni, and many people in Hawaii have the name Keoni
Hope that helped :D
2006-07-08 20:39:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
John is Yahya in Arabic, and known as Yahya or Yehya throughout the Muslim world, eg Iran, Turkey, North Africa, Asia, Indonesia.
The Prophet preceeding Jesus is known as John (the baptist) in the Bible and as Yahya in the Quran.
In fact, I have heard that in Aramaic, the language spoken at the time by Jesus and John, there is no 'J' sound. In the Quran, Jesus is called Isa.
2006-07-09 05:08:00 · answer #2 · answered by Mum 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Finnish has Jan, Jani, Janne, Johan and Johannes. The latter two are obviously Germanic loans. Perhaps the first three are too. "John" is Hebrew in origin.
2006-07-09 03:01:49 · answer #3 · answered by zsopark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sean is John in Irish Gaelic. Ian is English. And Ioin [that's a capital i at the beginning] is Welsh [pronounced Yo-in.] Ewan is Scottish [prounounced You-in]. That's all I can think of.
2006-07-09 02:27:13 · answer #4 · answered by Cluny Brown 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Polish Jasiu could be dimunitive form or locative or vocative case case of JaÅ. JaÅ is dimunitive form of Jan. Jan equals John
2006-07-10 08:38:44 · answer #5 · answered by Varane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ivan in Croatia(slavic)
2006-07-10 00:28:40 · answer #6 · answered by katy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yue1han4 约翰 Mandarin Chinse (numbers represent the tone of the word)
2006-07-09 11:19:32 · answer #7 · answered by mike i 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You did a great job until now. One more help: Ion in Romanian
2006-07-14 12:28:12 · answer #8 · answered by me-sama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Irish, John is Seán, not Eion or Keon.
Eoin is a name in Irish, but it may be from Eugene rather than John.
John is Seán.
2006-07-09 06:31:42 · answer #9 · answered by Trish D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jock, Scots
2006-07-09 02:08:01 · answer #10 · answered by H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋