“God is gracious”
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A given name in French, Spanish and 4 more
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Joannes is a masculine given name documented in French, Spanish, Dutch and 3 other languages.
Separate records with matching spellings: Joannès (French), Jóannes (Danish, Faroese)
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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France (France métropolitaine et départements-régions d'outre-mer; avant 2012 France hors Mayotte), 2023: 5 boys (rank 5789). Documented as a given name in French.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1900–2025 Spelling: JOANNES
Recorded category boys
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Source: Insee · Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
« VALEUR : fréquence arrondie au multiple de 5 le plus proche ». « La mise en place de cet arrondi, à partir de la diffusion de juillet 2025, est motivée par la variabilité de quelques unités d'une année à l'autre des fréquences et par la mise en œuvre des obligations relatives au secret statistique. » « En raison des arrondis, la somme des effectifs départementaux peut différer des effectifs régionaux ou nationaux. » Every observation is therefore valueStatus=rounded (verified: 0 rows with a count that is not a multiple of 5).
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 150 | 116 | rounded |
| 1901 | 205 | 104 | rounded |
| 1902 | 190 | 108 | rounded |
| 1903 | 200 | 105 | rounded |
| 1904 | 220 | 98 | rounded |
| 1905 | 220 | 106 | rounded |
| 1906 | 190 | 112 | rounded |
| 1907 | 180 | 115 | rounded |
| 1908 | 225 | 104 | rounded |
| 1909 | 215 | 109 | rounded |
| 1910 | 220 | 105 | rounded |
| 1911 | 195 | 113 | rounded |
| 1912 | 205 | 113 | rounded |
| 1913 | 225 | 102 | rounded |
| 1914 | 215 | 108 | rounded |
| 1915 | 130 | 116 | rounded |
| 1916 | 110 | 107 | rounded |
| 1917 | 85 | 129 | rounded |
| 1918 | 100 | 123 | rounded |
| 1919 | 115 | 119 | rounded |
| 1920 | 190 | 119 | rounded |
| 1921 | 200 | 109 | rounded |
| 1922 | 195 | 106 | rounded |
| 1923 | 150 | 123 | rounded |
| 1924 | 160 | 122 | rounded |
| 1925 | 165 | 126 | rounded |
| 1926 | 120 | 143 | rounded |
| 1927 | 145 | 133 | rounded |
| 1928 | 120 | 139 | rounded |
| 1929 | 110 | 148 | rounded |
| 1930 | 90 | 169 | rounded |
| 1931 | 100 | 157 | rounded |
| 1932 | 100 | 157 | rounded |
| 1933 | 90 | 155 | rounded |
| 1934 | 65 | 178 | rounded |
| 1935 | 80 | 155 | rounded |
| 1936 | 50 | 200 | rounded |
| 1937 | 50 | 194 | rounded |
| 1938 | 40 | 209 | rounded |
| 1939 | 40 | 210 | rounded |
| 1940 | 45 | 191 | rounded |
| 1941 | 30 | 218 | rounded |
| 1942 | 30 | 225 | rounded |
| 1943 | 25 | 244 | rounded |
| 1944 | 20 | 287 | rounded |
| 1945 | 30 | 222 | rounded |
| 1946 | 30 | 265 | rounded |
| 1947 | 20 | 306 | rounded |
| 1948 | 15 | 395 | rounded |
| 1949 | 20 | 372 | rounded |
| 1950 | 10 | 498 | rounded |
| 1951 | 15 | 402 | rounded |
| 1952 | 10 | 512 | rounded |
| 1953 | 5 | 806 | rounded |
| 1954 | 5 | 780 | rounded |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | 5 | 1,136 | rounded |
| 1958 | 10 | 729 | rounded |
| 1959 | 5 | 1,337 | rounded |
| 1960 | 5 | 1,007 | rounded |
| 1961 | 5 | 879 | rounded |
| 1962 | 5 | 1,490 | rounded |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | 5 | 1,434 | rounded |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | 5 | 1,174 | rounded |
| 1971 | 5 | 1,904 | rounded |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | 5 | 2,064 | rounded |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | 5 | 2,234 | rounded |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | 5 | 2,785 | rounded |
| 1982 | 5 | 1,783 | rounded |
| 1983 | 5 | 2,795 | rounded |
| 1984 | 5 | 2,349 | rounded |
| 1985 | 5 | 3,007 | rounded |
| 1986 | 5 | 1,730 | rounded |
| 1987 | 5 | 3,091 | rounded |
| 1988 | 5 | 1,990 | rounded |
| 1989 | 5 | 2,790 | rounded |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | 5 | 1,955 | rounded |
| 1993 | 5 | 3,049 | rounded |
| 1994 | 10 | 1,678 | rounded |
| 1995 | 5 | 3,207 | rounded |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | 5 | 3,602 | rounded |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | 10 | 1,767 | rounded |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | 5 | 3,890 | rounded |
| 2002 | 5 | 4,172 | rounded |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,232 | rounded |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,204 | rounded |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,964 | rounded |
| 2007 | 5 | 4,897 | rounded |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,877 | rounded |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,278 | rounded |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,011 | rounded |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | 5 | 5,752 | rounded |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | 5 | 5,090 | rounded |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | 5 | 5,789 | rounded |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “JOANNES” 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.
Released 2026-07-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · LO-2.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Joannes— “the Lord’s grace”
The Evangelist who was surnamed Mark, and Joanna the wife of Herod’s steward, both had received their names independently, and thus Joannes became a most universal baptismal name, given from the first in the East and at Rome. There were many noted bishops so called in the fourth century, the earliest time when men began to be baptized in memory of departed saints, rather than by the old Roman names. The first whose name is preserved is Joannes of Egypt, one of the hermits of…
The Evangelist who was surnamed Mark, and Joanna the wife of Herod’s steward, both had received their names independently, and thus Joannes became a most universal baptismal name, given from the first in the East and at Rome. There were many noted bishops so called in the fourth century, the earliest time when men began to be baptized in memory of departed saints, rather than by the old Roman names. The first whose name is preserved is Joannes of Egypt, one of the hermits of the Thebaïd; the next is the great deacon of Antioch, and patron of Constantinople, Joannes Chrysostomos (John of the golden mouth), whose Greek surname, given him for his eloquence, has caused him to be best known as St. Chrysostom, and has perpetuated in Italy, Grisostomo; in Spain, Crisostomo; whilst the Slavonian nations translate the name and make it Zlatoust.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter III (Israelite Names), Section V (Names from Chaanach) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Croatian-Hungarian poet
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Czech painter and portrait painter (1667–1740)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Belgian scientist, founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica (1926–2003)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Scottish writer
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Belgian writer (1899–1984)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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