What is "yohanan"

Yohanan, Yochanan and Johanan are various transliterations to the Latin alphabet of the Hebrew male given name (), a shortened form of (), meaning " Yahweh is gracious".

The name is ancient, recorded as the name of Johanan, high priest of the Second Temple around 400 BCE. It became, however, a very popular Christian given name in reference to either John the Apostle or John the Baptist.