From: "A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
Organization: Materials Science Centre
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 10:03:16 GMT
Subject: John
Message-ID: <34622A0025C@fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk>

  DJ AT DELORIE DOT CO wrote on 06/17/96  6:01PM
> ... It's just my name. What does John stand for? ...

It is derived via Biblical Latin and Greek `Io(h)annes' from a Hebrew or
Aramaic original. Ask an expert on Semitic languages.