# Joannes (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/joannes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Joannes

- Jóannes Eidesgaard, former Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
- Joannes Gijsen, Dutch Catholic bishop (1932–2013)
- Jóannes Patursson, Faroese poet and politician (1866-1946)
- Joannes Meyssens, Flemish Baroque painter, engraver, and printer (1612-1670)
- Joannes Cassianus Pompe, Dutch pathologist (1901-1945)
- Janus Pannonius, Croatian-Hungarian poet
- Jan Kupecký, Czech painter and portrait painter (1667–1740)
- Paul Janssen, Belgian scientist, founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica (1926–2003)
- Marnix Gijsen, Belgian writer (1899–1984)
- Jo van Heutsz, Dutch general (1851-1924)
- Emeri van Donzel, Dutch historian (1925–2017)
- Jan Peeters the Elder, Flemish painter (1624-1678)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.