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[ 3 syll. joa-(n)na, jo-a-nna ] The girl name Joanna is pronounced JHowAENah †. Joanna's language of origin is Hebrew, and it is used mainly in the English and Polish languages. Older forms of Joanna include Ioanna (Old Greek) and Johanna (Latin). The name was usually spelled Johanna in the medieval period; the form Joanna became more popular after the 18th century. In addition, Joanna is an English and Polish variation of the English Jane. Joanna is also an English and Polish variation of the English Joan.
Joanna has 22 variations that are used in both English and foreign languages. Variations used in English include Joeann, Johanna (used in Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian as well), Johannah, Joni, Jonie, and Jonna (used in Finnish and Scandinavian as well). Other English forms include the short form Jo (used in German as well), the pet forms Jenny (used in German as well), Jody, Joe, and Joey, and the variant spellings Joana (used in Brazilian, Catalan and Portuguese as well), Joannah, Joeana, and Joeanna. Foreign variations of Joanna include the Greek and Russian Ioanna, the name Jo-Ann, the name JoAnn, the name Joeanne, the name Jonella, the Armenian Ohanna, and the name Sion. Joanna is popular as a baby name for girls. The name jumped in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1980s. At the modest height of its usage in 1984, 0.184% of baby girls were given the name Joanna. It ranked at #88 then. The baby name has since declined in popularity. In 2008, it ranked at #283 with a usage of 0.058%, but it was nonetheless the most popular within all girl names in its group. 44% more girls were named Joanna than the 2nd most popular name, Jane, in 2008. Baby names that sound like Joanna include the Spanish Jacinna, the English Jacqueena, the English Jacquena, the English Jamea, the English Jamee, the English Jamia, the Arabic and English Jamillah, the name Jamima, the Hungarian Jamina, the English Jamya, the English Janea, the name Jania, the name Janiah, the English, German, Polish, Finnish, Lithuanian, and Scandinavian Janina, the English Janiya, the English Janyll, the English Jasamine, the Dutch Jasmijn, the name Jazlin, and the English Jazlyn. Details of famous persons named Joanna:
† Pronunciation for Joanna: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; 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)"   |
