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Also known as Joanna (given name), Joanna (first name)

Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from . Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, Jean, and Jeanne.

Key facts

Given name.name
Joanna
Given name.gender
Female
Given name.meaning
God is gracious
Given name.origin
Hebrew > Greek > Latin
Given name.related names
Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, Jean, Jenna, Jenny, Joan, Joana, Joann, Joanne, Johanna

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Wikidata facts

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name day
May 12
language of work or name
Dutch
given name version for other gender
Jan
different from
Joanna
native label
Joanna
writing system
Latin script
Soundex
J500
Cologne phonetics
06
Caverphone
YN1111
Commons category
Joanna (given name)
described by source
Wiktionary
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • In other languages
  • Women named Joanna
  • Religion
  • Royals and noblewomen
  • Other
  • Fictional characters
  • Women named Ioanna
  • See also
  • References

Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from . Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, Jean, and Jeanne.

The earliest recorded occurrence of the name Joanna, in Luke 8:3, refers to the disciple "Joanna the wife of Chuza," who was an associate of Mary Magdalene. Her name as given is Greek in form, although it ultimately originated from the Hebrew masculine name יְהוֹחָנָן Yəhôḥānān or יוֹחָנָן Yôḥānān meaning 'God is gracious'. In Greek this name became Ιωαννης Iōannēs, from which Iōanna was derived by giving it a feminine ending. The name Joanna, like Yehohanan, was associated with Hasmonean families. Saint Joanna was culturally Hellenized, thus bearing the Grecian adaptation of a Jewish name, as was commonly done in her milieu.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Joanna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.