"O Zachariah, We give you glad tidings of a son whose name is John. We have not given that name before to anyone."
Translation endnotes
[19:7] The word samiyya has been mistranslated as "name" while it means "likeness" or "similar." The verse does not state the uniqueness of Yahya (John) as a name, but the uniqueness of Yahya's person. See 19:65. Luke 1:61 makes an assertion regarding the uniqueness of the name, but Matt 11:11 refers to the uniqueness of John (Yahya) in terms of personal qualities, which is what the Quran refers to.