[Middle English, from Old French Jehan, from Late Latin Ioannes, Iohannes, from Greek Iōannēs, from Hebrew yôḥānān, Yahweh has been gracious : yô, Yahweh; see hwy in the Appendix of Semitic roots + ḥānan, he has been gracious; see ḥnn in the Appendix of Semitic roots.]