# Johan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #20,398

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Hebrew.

## Etymology
An archaic variant of Joan, from Old French Johan, from Latin Johanna. Cf. John.

## Easily confused with
- **Jon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/johan-vs-jon)
- **john** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/johan-vs-john)
- **join** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/johan-vs-join)
- **Juan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/johan-vs-juan)
- **Johns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/johan-vs-johns)
- **Jonas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/johan-vs-jonas)
- **Jonah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/johan-vs-jonah)
- **Johor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/johan-vs-johor)
- **Jordan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/johan-vs-jordan)
- **Johnny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/johan-vs-johnny)
- **Johanna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/johan-vs-johanna)
- **Jan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jan-vs-johan)
- **Joh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joh-vs-johan)
- **jean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-johan)
- **Joan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joan-vs-johan)
- **Joao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joao-vs-johan)
- **Japan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/japan-vs-johan)
- **jihad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jihad-vs-johan)

## Common misspellings (7)
`jhoan`, `jjohan`, `joahn`, `johann`, `johhan`, `johna`, `ojhan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/johan