John is a very common English name, which has equivalents occur in many languages (but not in Hebrew, as "John" appears nowhere in English translations of the Old Testament):
- Chinese: Xian (西安)
- Dutch: Jan
- French: Jean
- German: Johann
- Greek: Ioannes Ιωάννης
- Irish: Sean
- Italian: Giovanni
- Latin: Johannes
- Mexican Spanish: Juan
- Polish: Jan
- Portuguese: João
- Spanish: Juan