Name meaning & stats
Johann
Johann means “Yahweh is gracious” (German origin). 5,224 US babies since 1940, peak 2010.
What it means
“Yahweh is gracious”
GermanWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2010
5,224 US babies were named Johann between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Johann (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 4 Johans spell it Johann
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2010)