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János

“Yahweh has been gracious”

Language contexts for this entry: Finnish, Hungarian

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Hungarian

Origin: Not established
2 language contexts: Finnish Hungarian
Follow the evidence: 12 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About János

János is a masculine given name documented in Finnish and Hungarian. Hungarian Wikipedia gives the meaning “Yahweh has been gracious”.

2 source accounts

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “Yahweh has been gracious”

łac. Iohannes

Sources for this account (8)

Polish Wiktionary: JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q15075907CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (hu): JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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Russian Wiktionary accountSource-reportedПроисходит от др.-греч. Ἰωάννης, далее из ивр. יחנן (Iōḥānān, Iěhōḥānān) «Яхве помиловал», из Iō (первая часть тетраграммы YHWH, обозначающей Яхве) + חַנָּה.

Происходит от др.-греч. Ἰωάννης, далее из ивр. יחנן (Iōḥānān, Iěhōḥānān) «Яхве помиловал», из Iō (первая часть тетраграммы YHWH, обозначающей Яхве) + חַנָּה.

Sources for this account (1)

Russian Wiktionary: JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where János is used

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Across borders

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4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Germany

Published statistics

Berlin, 2021: 2 boys (rank 989).

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03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: János

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 2; births; Rank #1,916
Peak year: 2016; 5 births

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Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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János in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	1	1,158	observed
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	1	1,291	observed
2005	1	1,331	observed
2006	3	1,008	observed
2007	2	1,183	observed
2008	1	1,473	observed
2009	2	1,267	observed
2010	1	1,531	observed
2011	1	1,581	observed
2012	3	1,205	observed
2013	1	1,649	observed
2014	3	1,271	observed
2015	1	1,742	observed
2016	5	1,041	observed
2017	3	1,360	observed
2018	2	1,563	observed
2019	1	1,887	observed
2020	2	1,598	observed
2021	1	1,942	observed
2022	2	1,628	observed
2023	1	1,918	observed
2024	1	1,925	observed
2025	2	1,916	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “János” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

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04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Janos— “grace of the Lord”
_Janos_, _m._ _Hung._ Heb. grace of the Lord, 45
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

János Áder
born 1959
President of Hungary from 2012 to 2022 (born 1959)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
János Kádár
1912–1989
former General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Wikipedia Wikidata source
János Bolyai
1802–1860
Hungarian mathematician (1802–1860)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
János Arany
1817–1882
Hungarian poet, journalist, writer and translator (1817–1882)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
János Vitéz
1408–1472
Hungarian archbishop (1408-1472)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms10

Wikidata Q15075907CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
German Wiktionary: JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (hu): JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: JánosCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: JaniCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:Hu-János.oggCC-BY-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Hungary — KSH published top 50 newborn first names, 2000 and 2025
Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), from Ministry of Interior register data · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

A story to pass on.

About János

Meaning in the sources

Where János is used

Across borders

Germany

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

János Áder

János Kádár

János Bolyai

János Arany

János Vitéz

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About János

Meaning in the sources

Where János is used

Across borders

Germany

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

János Áder

János Kádár

János Bolyai

János Arany

János Vitéz

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page