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Show MOST POPULAR GIVEN NAME "John," or Its Derivative, Common In All Languages Explaining Sle of Jones Family. John Is the most common given, of Christian, name we have. Its history Is curious. It came originally from the Hebrew Jehohannen, "God Is gracious." The Greeks made It Johauan, and la the feminine it became Anna and Hannah. Han-nah. The name was unknown in Saxon Sax-on England and was seldom used among the Normans. In the Doomsday Dooms-day book, the record of the inhabitants of England which William the Conqueror Con-queror had compiled, only two Johns are listed, and one of them Is a Dane. The German form is Hans, and sometimes some-times Johan. From these we have the surnames Hanson and Johanson. The diminutive Is found In Hanks, Hankin, Htinklnson, Jankln, Jenkins, Jenson and Jennings. Shane is the Irish form 0 John and Jean the French. Considering Consid-ering the popularity of the name John and the fact that at this time It was rpelled "J-o-n" and pronounced "Jone," the size o'f the Jones family will be explained. ex-plained. The ' name means "son of John." John Jones Is found in almost every community. |