Popular Names
JOHN Name
| Name: | JOHN |
| Gender: | Male |
| Origin/Usage: | Hebrew, Indian |
| Meaning: | God gave |
John Moody: "The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific."