Originally Posted By: Jackie
Reading about the Hebrew names--rather, their beginnings, I was reminded of the name Yahweh, for God. So...my name goes back that far?

Yes the first syllable of both Jacob and Johanen comes from that of God's name, YHWH, as does any Hebrew based name transliterated as beginning with J in English, such as Joshua. James is also another form of Jacob, which is why the Scottish C18 rebels were known as Jacobites.