Yohannes (name)

Yohannes is a masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Yohannes

Pronunciation	Amharic pronunciation: [johänɨs]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew (via Latin and Greek)
Meaning	"The Lord is gracious"

Surname

• Ras Mengesha Yohannes, acknowledged "natural" son and designated heir of Yohannes IV
• Araya Selassie Yohannes (1870–1888), son of Yohannes IV and nominated Crown Prince
• Aster Yohannes, veteran of Eritrean People's Liberation Front and an independence activist
• Daniel Yohannes (born 1952), Ethiopian-American businessman and philanthropist
• Dawit Yohannes (1956–2019), first Speaker of the Ethiopian Parliament's House of Peoples' Representatives
• Fesshaye Yohannes (1954–?), Eritrean journalist
• Musse Yohannes (born 1958), Ethiopian cyclist
• Nebahne Yohannes, claimed the title of king of Ethiopia in the early 18th century
• Tereza Yohannes (born 1982), Ethiopian long-distance runner
• Zekarias Yohannes (1925–2016), Eritrean Catholic bishop

Given name

• Yohannes Bahçecioğlu (born 1988), German-Turkish footballer
• Yohannes Gebregeorgis, founder of Ethiopia Reads
• Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam (born 1960), Ethiopian lieutenant general, head of Mission and Force Commander of UNISFA from 2013 to 2014
• Yohannes Gugarats, Armenian military leader in early 18th century
• Yohannes Haile-Selassie (born 1961), Ethiopian paleoanthropologist
• Yohannes Mohamed (born 1948), Ethiopian long-distance runner
• Yohannes Sahle (born 1966), Ethiopian football manager
• Yohannes Tikabo (born 1974), Eritrean singer-songwriter
• Yohannes Tilahun (born 1993), Eritrean footballer
• Yohannes Yual, leader of the South Sudan Defense Forces

See also

• Yohannes (disambiguation)
• Ioannes (given name)
• Johannes