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Nope. John is John. Johann is a rather old-fashioned name. Hans is Hans. All different.
The bible disagrees with you. John is Johannes which is shortened to Johann or Hannes which is shortened to Hans. I've never heard about a John in Germany. Jens and Jan are very common in northern Germany
Who asked that old Book? There's no female version of my name in there either but real it exists.
And about John: yep, they usually talk english. But they are here.
That old book is the source for many if not most common names in the western world, i would say it has more value to this discussion then a opinion from someone who doesn't know that Johannes turned into Hans over the centuries.
John would be pronounced very different in german, with a long o, to my ears that would sound Scandinavian and we have Jan for that.
There's both names now. And it's a while ago since that book was taken that seriously; language changes. And i didn't state a opinion, but what you hear around here, what is. Btw, my niece is named Linn. Does that sound german to you?
You do realise we're in a thread about etymology right?
Your nice has a beautiful name that might be a shortened form of Sieglinde or Linda, but i would take a wild guess that she's a german girl who's family roots are in eastern asia.
Uh, no, i saw it in c/all. My bad.
Nope. But internet and airplanes changed things. Which is what i tried to say before.
But a scandinavian origin (the name), i didn't thought of that, thanks.