Yuhanna
Yuhanna or Youhanna is an Arabic masculine name used by Christians. It is derived from the Syriac masculine given name Yohannan.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Yuhanna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yuhanna or Youhanna is an Arabic masculine name used by Christians. It is derived from the Syriac masculine given name Yohannan.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Yuhanna
Yuhanna first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1982, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1982, when 5 Yuhannas were born — ranking #6,387 that year. As of 2026, Yuhanna ranks #6,387 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 5 Yuhannas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Yuhanna
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- Yuhanna Maroun (628-707), first patriarch of the Maronite Church
- Yuḥannā Al Demashqi or John of Damascus (675–749), Arab Christian monk and saint
- Yuhanna Ibn Masawaiyh (777–857), Christian physician
- Yuhanna Ibn Masawaih al-Mardini (died 1015), Christian physician
- Yuhanna al-Asad or Leo Africanus (1494–1554), Andalusi diplomat and author
- Yuhanna Makhluf , Maronite Patriarch from 1608 to 1633
- Yousef Yuhanna Meletios Macarios III Zaim or Macarius III Ibn al-Za'im , Patriarch of Antioch from 1647 to 1672
- Yuhanna al-Armani (1726–1786), Armenian artist
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About the name Yuhanna
Yuhanna is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Yuhanna's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #6,387. Use the chart and map above to compare Yuhanna's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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