Meaning of the name john in hebrew

Songs about John

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(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology On The Jaw - Hatfield and the North

Abraham, Martin, and John - Dion, Harry Belafonte, Smokey Robinson

Ballad of John and Yoko - the Beatles

Big, Bad John - Jimmy Dean

Dear John Letter - Jean Shepard, Bobby Bare, Skeeter Davis

Farmer John - The Premiers

 

From Arik to John - Grace Gale

Geraldine and John - Joe Jackson

Get up John - Emmylou Harris

God John - The Cassandra Complex

Hey John, What's Your Name Again? - The Devil Wears Prada

I Just Shot John Lennon - The Cranberries

I Love John, She Loves Paul - Beulah

John Barbour traditional, recorded - Great Big Sea

John Deere Green - Joe Diffie

John Deux Trois - Of Mice & Men

John Finn's Wife - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

John Gets Leftovers Again - A Minor Forest

John Haber - Bill Morrissey

John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man - the Carter Family

John Henry - Harry Belafonte

John Henry - Woody Guthrie

John I Love You - Sinéad O'Connor

 

John Kanaka - Don Sineti and Chris Morgan

John Kettley Is A Weatherman - A Tribe Of Toffs

John Lee Supertaster - They Might Be Giants

 

John O'Dreams - Garnet Rogers

John Sinclair - John Lennon

 

John Smith - Graham Kendrick

John the 23rd - Sarah Slean

 

John the Babtist - John Martyn

John the Fisherman - Primus

John the Revelator - Depeche Mode

 

John the Revelator - Harry Belafonte, The White Stripes

John Walker's Blues - Steve Earle

John Wayne Gacy, Jr. - Sufjan Stevens

John's Abbey - Keith Jarrett

John, I'm Only Dancing - David Bowie

Letter To a John - Ani DiFranco

Lost John - Lonnie Donegan

Mad John - The Small Faces

My Little John Henry - Alan Lomax

 

No Bed for Beatle John - Yoko Ono

No Xmas for John Quays - The Fall

 

Put Your Dukes Up, John - The Little Flames, Arctic Monkeys

Regular John - Queens of the Stone Age

Sleepy-Eyed John - Johnny Horton

Sloop John B. - Beach Boys

Song for John Davis - The Mountain Goats

The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles

 

The Story of John Henry's Hammer - Johnny Cash

 

This Time, John - Stina Nordenstam

Uncle John's Band - The Grateful Dead

Who Killed John Columbo? - Wesley Willis

Is there a more solid, traditional name than John? Perhaps not. Mary and Jane may rival him on the feminine-name side, but John and James stand alone as two of the most classic of typically masculine names. According to the Social Security Administration, John stands at #2 on the list of most common names for boys in the U.S. over the past 100 years. Number one is — you guessed it — James.

The name John comes from the Hebrew language and means "God is gracious" or "the lord has been merciful" or other variations of the phrase. It's long been a popular choice for new parents of boys, but it's actually been declining in popularity steadily since 1880. And no surprise there, as it's the name of plenty of U.S. presidents of yore: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, John F. Kennedy. Other famous Johns include philosopher John Locke, Robin Hood foe King John, as well as the many more modern Johns: John Cena, John Stamos, John Lennon, John Legend, John Krasinksi, John Travolta, John Gabbana. John was the name chosen by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's eldest child, nee Shiloh, when they began exploring a more nontraditional gender identity.

In addition to presidents and Hollywood elite, the name John was a favorite of Shakespeare. John Falstaff is an unforgettable character in "The Merry Wives of Windsor," as is "Much Ado About Nothing"'s Don John. "Richard II" stars John of Gaunt, and in "Romeo and Juliet," the friar's name is John.

If you're looking for a straightforward, one-syllable name but not quite John or James, try: Mike, Luke, Pete, Dan, Bob, Todd, Chad, Brad, Steve, Jeff, Jim. For jazzier "J" names, Jeremiah, Johnston, and Jasper might suit. Want a name ending in the -on sound that's more complicated than John or Jon? Braedon, Jadon, or even Ziphron will do the trick.

John in quotes:

“Names are a great mystery. I've never known whether the name is molded by the child or the child changed to fit the name. But you can be sure of this- whenever a human has a nickname it is a proof that the name given him was wrong.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

"Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life!... How may I live without my name?"

— John Proctor, 'The Crucible'

Meanings

Biblical Names Meaning:

In Biblical Names the meaning of the name John is: The grace or mercy of the Lord.

Hebrew Baby Names Meaning:

In Hebrew Baby Names the meaning of the name John is: Jehovah has been gracious; has shown favor. In the bible John the Baptist baptized Christ in the Jordan river. Variants have been created in almost every language.

Shakespearean Baby Names Meaning:

In Shakespearean Baby Names the meaning of the name John is: Henry IV' Prince. 'Henry VI' John Talbot. 'King Henry VI, III' John Mortimer, Montgomery, & Somerville. 'King John'. 'Merry Wives of Windsor' John Falstaff. 'Much Ado About Nothing' Don John. 'Richard II' John of Gaunt. 'Romeo And Juliet' Friar.