Joanna
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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
- Instance of
- female given name
- Said to be same as
- Janna
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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)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Women named Joanna
- Religion
- Royals and noblewomen
- Other
- Fictional characters
- Women named Ioanna
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- 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.
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