Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 16:10:40 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: John
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On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, A.Appleyard wrote:

>   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.

It's Iohannan in the original Hebrew Bible text, which means "God
favoured". 

But that's *very* far from our subject here, so let's leave it at that.