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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Johan en · PROPN

Etymology

An archaic variant of Joan, from Old French Johan, from Latin Johanna. Cf. John.

Meanings

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
    • William, the youthful heir, grew up, married and died, as we have already seen, of the sweating sickness, leaving only a daughter named Johan or Jennett, who was but two months old at his death […] 1893, Frank Peel, Spen Valley, Past and Present, Senior and Co, published 1893, page 64:

Deriveds

Johanson · Johannism · Johannite