Boy · Hebrew, through Portuguese
João
Say it: zhoo-OWN
Meaning
Portuguese form of John, from Hebrew Yohanan 'God is gracious'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 1,813 babies given this name since 1918
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 22,500 boys
- 76 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Spanish | Juan |
|---|---|
| Catalan | Joan |
| English | John |
Famous bearers
- João I, founder of the House of Aviz
- João Gilberto, Brazilian musician
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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