Jógvan
Jógvan [ ˈjɛgvan ] is the second most common Faroese male given name after Hans . It is a derivation of Johann or Johannes , which can only be found on the Faroe Islands . As with the other named forms of the name, the Hebrew root means "God is gracious".
About 630 Faroese are called that. While all other common male first names in the Faroe Islands immediately give an idea of the origin (Jákup, Poul, Petur), or forms that are familiar to us are identical (Hans, Jens, Niels, Martin); so Jógvan stands very characteristic of the Faroese.
A specialty is also the pronunciation , which results from the Faroese tightening : ógv is always pronounced like "egv". There is a dialectal exception to this on the south island of Suðuroy , where a Jógvan is pronounced as it is written. To get around this, the variation Jegvan was introduced, which is clearly pronounced in all Faroese dialects. However, Jegvan is not very common and is not one of the officially approved baptismal names.
It can be shortened to Jón as a nickname. But there is also the reverse case where a Jón (or Joen) can become a Jógvan as a nickname. The son of a Jógvan is a Jógvansson, the daughter a Jógvansdóttir.
Further names from the same word origin
While Hans and Jógvan are the most common male given names and both are descended from Johannes, there are a number of other Johannes versions that are now accepted as baptismal names in the Faroe Islands:
Jan, Jann, John, Jonn, Jóan, Jóanes, Jóanis, Jóannes, Jóannis, Jóhann , Jóhannes , Jóhannis, Jóhannus, Jón , Hannes , Hannis, Hannus, Hanus.
Well-known namesake
- Jógvan Arge (* 1947), politician, head of radio, author
- Jógvan Fríðriksson (* 1957), Bishop of the Faroe Islands
- Jógvan Heinason (1541–1602), Løgmaður in the 16th century
- Jógvan Isaksen (* 1950), Faroese writer
- Jógvan Justinusson , Løgmaður in the 17th century
- Jógvan við Keldu (* 1944), Minister of the Interior of the Faroe Islands
- Jógvan á Lakjuni (* 1952), Minister of Culture of the Faroe Islands
- Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen , linguist (probably a descendant of Joen Jacobsen (1814–1875), who was called Jógvan í Lon)
- Jógvan Martin Olsen (* 1961), Faroese football player and coach
- Jógvan Páll , Chairman of the Faroe Islands Art Museum
- Jógvan Poulsen , Løgmaður in the 17th century
- Jógvan Poulsen (1854–1941), educator in the 19th and 20th centuries
- Jógvan Sundstein (* 1933), former Løgmaður
- Jógvan Waagstein (1879–1949), composer and painter at the beginning of the 20th century