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 [ syll. ioa-(n)na, io-a-nna ] The girl name Ioanna is pronounced AYOWAEN-ah KEY. Ioanna is of Hebrew origin, and it is used mainly in the Greek and Russian languages. Ioanna is a variant form (Greek) of the English and Polish Joanna. Ioanna is also a variant form (Greek and Russian) of the English Jane. Ioanna is rarely used as a baby name for girls. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. Among the group of girl names directly linked to Ioanna, the English and Polish Joanna was the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Ioanna include the Hawaiian Anuhea, the Hawaiian Henoheno, the Swahili and English Imani, the name Inoa, the Romanian and Slavic Ioana, the English and Scottish Iona, the English Ione, the Arabic Aamina, the Basque and Spanish Ainhoa, the Swahili and English Aiyana, the English Allonia, the Basque and Spanish Amaia, the Hebrew Amana, the Arabic Amani, the name Amaui, the Basque and Japanese Amaya, the Arabic Ameena, the English Amiee, the Arabic Amina, and the Arabic Aminah. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Ioanna: AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
