Yohannes
ዮሐንስ
The Amharic form of John, from Hebrew Yochanan, "God has been gracious".
Meaning and origin
Yohannes brings the Hebrew name Yochanan, borne by John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the New Testament, into Amharic and the closely related Tigrinya.
How to pronounce Yohannes
| Amharic (Ethiopia) | yo-HAHN-ness /joˈhannɛs/ |
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