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Baby Name Ioan |
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Meaning of Ioan - What does the name Ioan means? |
Pronunciation: |
yo-ahn | |
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Gender: |
Boy Name |
Origin: |
Rumanian |
Name Meaning: |
Rumanian form of John (God's gracious gift), a name derived from the Middle Latin Johannes, which is from the Ecclesiastic Late Latin Joannes, from the Ecclesiastic Greek Ioannes, a derivative of the Hebrew Yehanan, a short form of Yehohanan, which is from yehchanan (Yahweh is gracious). The name, the most en-duringly popular of the Biblical names, is borne in the Bible by several important characters. Many saints, twenty-three popes, and many kings across Europe carried the name, which was first used in the Eastern Church. The variant form Ion is borne by Ion Iliescu, the Rumanian president |
Variants: | Ion. | Pet forms: | Iancu, Ionel |
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