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 [ 3 syll. joa-(n)na, jo-a-nna ] The girl name Joanna is pronounced JHowAENah KEY. 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. Variations of the name include the Greek and Russian Ioanna and the Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian Johanna. Joanna is an English and Polish variation of the English Joan. Joanna is also an English and Polish variation of the English Jane. Other forms of Joanna include the short form Jo (English and German), the pet forms Jenny (English and German), Jody (English), Joe (English), and Joey (English), and the variant spellings Joana (Brazilian, Catalan, English, and Portuguese), Joannah (English), Joeana (English), and Joeanna (English). 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, the English 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 Hungarian Jamina, the English Jamya, the English Janea, the English, German, Polish, Finnish, Lithuanian, and Scandinavian Janina, the English Janiya, the English Janyll, the English Jasamine, the Dutch Jasmijn, the Spanish Jazmina, the English Jeanann, the English Jeaneia, the English Jeani, and the Albanian Jehona. Details of famous persons named Joanna: KEY: 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)"   |
