Johann

Where Johann comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Johann.

  • German
Johann through the years
  1. 1685
    Johann Sebastian Bach born
    German composer
  2. 1749
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe born
    German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician
  3. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,544 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1956
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  5. 2010
    Peak, #910
    222 babies named Johann, the most in any year.
  6. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,541.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from German Johann.
Namesakes
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician, 1749–1832
  • Johann Sebastian Bach · German composer, 1685–1750
  • Johann Gottlieb Fichte · German philosopher, 1762–1814
  • Johann Gottfried Herder · German philosopher, theologian, poet, 1744–1803
  • Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi · Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer, 1746–1827

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.