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Can you name the variants of the name 'John' by language? Enter an answer in the box below Correctly named answers will show up below Answers do not have to be guessed in order This game contributed by JayHankEdLyonJr on 10/15/2009 Source: Behind the Names You have 5 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 6211 Broadway Opening Lines 4108 TV Shows (U.S.) 4055 You Do Know Jack 1689 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 1661 Same Last Name 1371 And more...
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Language	'John'
English
Irish
Scottish Gaelic
Welsh
German
Dutch
Spanish
French
Italian

Language	'John'
Portuguese
Russian
Estonian
Latvian
Lithuanian
Romanian
Slovene
Arabic
Persian

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	Ieuano:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 20:59 GMT	8 points
	ieuan in a quiz. bout time

	rockgolf:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 20:59 GMT	24 points
	It's just not the same when you're on a road trip, and turn to your buddies and say "Next exit, pull over. I got to go to the Giovanni."

	Dawn:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 21:07 GMT	7 points
	what about Joan like the catalan artist Joan Miro?

	Mr_Negative:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 21:07 GMT	0 points
	Someone made a quiz about me...thanks.

	Bri G:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 21:07 GMT	0 points
	Ion is also the Basque version of John

	moegoldberg:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 21:17 GMT	-2 points
	you should also accept the persian one with 2 Ns instead of 3.

	dudemanbearpig:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 21:29 GMT	-1 points
	Swedish: Johan.

	LaStic:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 22:04 GMT	2 points
	Why not accept Sion for Wales?

	JayHankEdLyon:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 22:44 GMT	3 points
	I'm unable to make changes to it now that it's published, in response to Moe and LaStic. For all the suggestions for other languages, this isn't intended to be a 'John in every language' quiz (and I still can't change it); 'Johan' and 'Ion' are already accepted, so why would I add new languages for them? As for Joan, again, this isn't a quiz for every single language.

	mensagrrl1:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 23:42 GMT	0 points
	Isn't Ewan a form of John, like the actor Ewan McGregor?

	kthejoker:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 00:05 GMT	2 points
	What, no Yanni?

	marisbest:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 00:08 GMT	-3 points
	are oyu sure you cant change it sporcle used to do it all the time like when obama won the nobel prize- try sending a letter to them

	JayHankEdLyon:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 00:12 GMT	-1 points
	Ewan is a form of Eugene, as was stated in previous comments. And yeah, sporcle admins can make changes, but I personally can't anymore.

	JohnJF:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 00:25 GMT	7 points
	@Mr_Negative: So, your name isn't really Mr. Negative?

	ShveLaSoul:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 01:16 GMT	1 point
	Hebrew=Yonatan

	chikka2:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 01:57 GMT	1 point
	Love how the name, this ancient name, cuts through time and national barriers...are there others, say like James or Paul, we could do the same with? Engaging quiz, thanks...

	JayHankEdLyon:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 02:10 GMT	0 points
	James is actually a derivative of Jacob (and it's also my first name, documentwise) which has no equivalent in several prominent languages like French or German (the closest being Jacques and Jakob, obviously referring to Jacob.) However, there are some interesting James derivatives, my favorite being Seamus.

	zalagreensbury:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 02:43 GMT	4 points
	Woah, lol I'll just pretend like I can pronounce the portugese version.

	fasttrack:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 03:35 GMT	5 points
	i feel so bad for the 1.3 percent who didn't get john

	Brick:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 03:51 GMT	3 points
	It's so sweet that you type in Jack and get credit for John. That always made the first day of school interesting-trying to explain to the class why everyone calls me Jack when my real name is John...

	funcousins:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 05:39 GMT	2 points
	Oh, the best sporcle game ever!!! the creator is a genius!!! (:

	aka_anon:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 06:13 GMT	2 points
	My 10 year self would be so disappointed that I didn't get Jean. I even typed out ____-Luc Picard in hopes that it would inspire me.

	archimboldi:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 06:32 GMT	0 points
	Greek? Ioannis?

	GrooGruxKing:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 06:59 GMT	3 points
	I LOVE how it accepted "Gino" for Italian!

	Jelle:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 20:43 GMT	1 point
	Thanks to Jaan Kirsipu for helping me get the Estonian one.

	golf04330:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 02:43 GMT	1 point
	Anyone else see the movie The Man From Earth? I get the feeling the lead character in that movie would have been able to ace this quiz.