“John” is a common and well-known name that has equivalents in many languages around the world. Each version of “John” reflects the unique linguistic and cultural characteristics of its language. In this article, we’ll explore how the name “John” is said in 70 different languages, from the most widely spoken to some of the lesser-known ones.
Here is a list of how to say “John” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Gjon | Pronunciation: Jon
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – يوحنا (Yūhannā) | Pronunciation: Yoo-han-nah
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Հովհաննես (Hovhannes) | Pronunciation: Hov-han-nes
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Yəhya | Pronunciation: Yah-ya
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Joan | Pronunciation: Jo-an
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Ян (Yan) | Pronunciation: Yan
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – জন (Jon) | Pronunciation: Jon
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Ivan | Pronunciation: Ee-van
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Йоан (Yoan) | Pronunciation: Yo-an
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Joan | Pronunciation: Zho-an
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Jan | Pronunciation: Yan
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Johan | Pronunciation: Yo-han
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Johan | Pronunciation: Yo-han
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – John | Pronunciation: Jon
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Jaan | Pronunciation: Yaan
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – یوحنا (Yūhannā) | Pronunciation: Yoo-han-nah
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Johannes | Pronunciation: Yo-han-nes
- French (🇫🇷) – Jean | Pronunciation: Zhawn
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – იოანე (Ioane) | Pronunciation: Ee-oh-ah-neh
- German (🇩🇪) – Johannes | Pronunciation: Yo-han-nes
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ιωάννης (Ioannis) | Pronunciation: Ee-oh-an-nees
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – יוחנן (Yochanan) | Pronunciation: Yoh-kha-nan
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – जॉन (John) | Pronunciation: Jon
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – János | Pronunciation: Yah-nosh
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Jón | Pronunciation: Yon
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Yohanes | Pronunciation: Yo-han-es
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Seán | Pronunciation: Shawn
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Giovanni | Pronunciation: Jo-van-ni
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – ジョン (Jon) | Pronunciation: Jon
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Жохан (Zhohan) | Pronunciation: Zho-han
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – យូហាន (Yohan) | Pronunciation: Yo-han
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 요한 (Yohan) | Pronunciation: Yo-han
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Johanna | Pronunciation: Joh-han-na
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Жакан (Zhakan) | Pronunciation: Zha-kan
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຢູຮານ (Youhan) | Pronunciation: Yoo-han
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Jānis | Pronunciation: Yah-nis
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Jonas | Pronunciation: Yo-nas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Jang | Pronunciation: Yung
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Јован (Jovan) | Pronunciation: Yo-van
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Yohanes | Pronunciation: Yo-han-es
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ġwann | Pronunciation: Jwann
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 约翰 (Yuēhàn) | Pronunciation: Yoo-eh-han
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – जॉन (John) | Pronunciation: Jon
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Иохан (Iokhan) | Pronunciation: Ee-oh-han
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – जोन (Jon) | Pronunciation: Jon
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Johan | Pronunciation: Yo-han
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – یوحنا (Yūhannā) | Pronunciation: Yoo-han-nah
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – یوحنا (Yūhannā) | Pronunciation: Yoo-han-nah
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Jan | Pronunciation: Yan
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – João | Pronunciation: Zhoo-ow
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Ioan | Pronunciation: Yo-an
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Иван (Ivan) | Pronunciation: Ee-van
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Јован (Jovan) | Pronunciation: Yo-van
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ජෝන් (John) | Pronunciation: Jon
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Ján | Pronunciation: Yan
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Janez | Pronunciation: Yah-nez
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Yooxanaa | Pronunciation: Yo-ha-naa
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Juan | Pronunciation: Hwan
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Yohana | Pronunciation: Yo-hah-na
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Johan | Pronunciation: Yo-han
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Юҳанно (Yuhanno) | Pronunciation: Yoo-han-no
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – ஜான் (Jān) | Pronunciation: Jaan
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – జాన్ (Jān) | Pronunciation: Jaan
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ยอห์น (Yohn) | Pronunciation: Yon
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Yuhanna | Pronunciation: Yoo-han-na
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Іван (Ivan) | Pronunciation: Ee-van
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – یوحنا (Yūhannā) | Pronunciation: Yoo-han-nah
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Yoʻhanna | Pronunciation: Yo-han-na
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Gioan | Pronunciation: Zyo-an
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Ioan | Pronunciation: Yo-an