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 [ 1 syll. joa(n), jo-an ] The boy name Joan is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is JHOWN KEY. Joan is largely used in the Catalan language and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Joan is a variant of the name John (English). Joan is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 2002, 0.011% of baby boys were given the name Joan. It ranked at #777 then. The baby name has since suffered a marked loss in popularity, and is now of sporadic use. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Joan, John (English) was the most regularly used in 2008. Though Joan is somewhat used more commonly as a boy name today, there was a period before 1993 that it was more popular with girls. From 2000 on, increasingly more boys than girls were named Joan. Baby names that sound like Joan include Jone (Welsh), Jaan (Estonian and Russian), Jan (English, Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Belgian), Jann (English and German), Janne (Finnish and Scandinavian), Ján (Slavic), Jean (French), Jem (English), Jim (English and Dutch), Jin (Chinese), Joergen (Scandinavian), John (English), Jon (English and Scandinavian), Jonn (English), Joona (Finnish), Jowan (Cornish), Jón (Scandinavian), Jun (Japanese), Cem (Arabic and Turkish), and Gene (English). A famous person named Joan is Artist, Joan Miro, born 20 April 1893 - 25 December 1983. KEY: English pronunciation for Joan: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
