John

John is a common name for males. See John (name) In the context of the New Testament, the name typically refers to one of the following:

• Gospel of John
• John the Baptist
• John the Apostle, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
• John the Evangelist, to whom the Gospel of John is attributed, often along with 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Revelation. He was traditionally identified with the apostle, but today most scholars doubt this identification.

There are a great many other historical Johns, only a few of whom include:

Popes

• Pope John I
• Pope John II
• Pope John III
• Pope John IV
• Pope John V
• Pope John VI
• Pope John VII
• Pope John VIII
• Pope John IX
• Pope John X
• Pope John XI
• Pope John XII
• Pope John XIII
• Pope John XIV
• Pope John XV
• Pope John XVI (antipope)
• Pope John XVII
• Pope John XVIII
• Pope John XIX
• Pope John XX (never actually existed)
• Pope John XXI
• Pope John XXII
• Pope John XXIII
• Pope John Paul I
• Pope John Paul II

Antipopes

• Antipope John
• Antipope John XVI (see above)
• Antipope John XXIII

Emperors, kings and other rulers

There have been many rulers called John. See the following lists:

• John I
• John II
• John III
• John IV
• John V
• John VI
• John VII
• John VIII

Translations

Main Article: John (name)

• Albanian: Gjon
• Asturian: Xuan
• Bulgarian: Ivan
• Catalan: Joan
• Croatian: Ivan
• Czech: Jan
• Danish: Hans, Johan
• Dutch: Jan, Johan
• Esperanto: Johano
• Finnish: Johannes, Juha, Juhani, Jukka, Jussi, Juuso
• French: Jean
• German: Johann, Johannes, Hans
• Greek: Ιωάννης (Ioannes)
• Hungarian: János
• Indonesian: Yohanes, Yoanes
• Italian: Giovanni, Gian (Gian-Carlo)
• Latin: Ioannes, Joannes
• Latvian: Jānis
• Lithuanian: Jonas
• Norwegian: Jan, Johan
• Polish: Jan
• Portuguese: João
• Romanian: Ion
• Russian: Иван (Ivan), Ioann
• Serbian: Јован (Jovan)
• Slovak: Ján
• Spanish: Juan
• Swedish: Johan
• Welsh: Ioan

Saints

In addition to John the Apostle (John the Evangelist) and John the Baptist, there are several other Saint Johns. See Saint John (disambiguation) for a list of these, including a list of places named after them.

Other uses of the name John

In North America, a john is a reference to a toilet, perhaps after the name of Sir John Harington who invented it. Also attributed to Thomas Crapper.

John works for EPRI as HR Manager.

A John is also a slang term for a man who pays a prostitute for sexual favors.

A Dear John letter is a correspondence in which a woman informs her fiancé or boyfriend of her intention to sever their romantic relationship, typically in situations where the man is stationed, as with the military, in a distant location for a period of time.

Also, a use indigenous to Southwest Texas, you can John a cat, meaning you hold it tightly, then shake it vigorously.

See also

For rabbis named Yochanan, see Rabbi Yochanan (disambiguation).