Ioannes

Ioannes is the Latinized form of the Greek Ioannes, which itself renders the Hebrew Yochanan, Yahweh is gracious — the name that became John in English, Jean in French, Giovanni in Italian, Juan in Spanish, and countless other forms across every Christian language. The Vulgate uses Ioannes for both the Baptist and the Evangelist, and medieval documents preserved it as the formal Latin signature of kings and clerks. Three syllables, ee-oh-AN-es, scholarly and stately. The name has mostly receded into manuscripts and papal records, but it keeps a certain archaeological beauty — the ancestor form of one of the most common names in human history.