Where does “Ioan” come from?
Ioan (Romanian) comes from Church Slavonic Іѡаннъ, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης, from Hebrew יוחנן, from Hebrew חנון, from Moroccan Arabic خنونة, from Arabic خُنَّة.
Ancestry of “Ioan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Church Slavonic | Іѡаннъ | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 3 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 4 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 5 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | — |
| 6 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |