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Joanne - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Joanne

[ 2 syll. joa-(n)ne, jo-a-nne ] The girl name Joanne is pronounced as JHOWAEN KEY. Joanne is mainly used in English and it is of Hebrew origin.

Joanne is a variation of the English name Joan.

Joanne is also a variation of the English name Jane. A variant of the name is the English and German short form Jo. See also the related form, the English Joandra.

Joanne is rare as a baby name for girls. At the modest peak of its usage in 1934, 0.420% of baby girls were named Joanne. It ranked at #45 then. The baby name has since markedly dropped in popularity, and is today used on an infrequent scale. Out of the group of girl names directly related to Joanne, the English Jane was the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Joanne include the English Joann, the English Jacqueine, the Iranian Jahan, the English Jahna, the English Jaimie, the English and Polish Jama, the English Jamay, the English Jame, the English Jamey, the English Jami, the English Jamie, the English Jamii, the English Jammie, the English Jamy, the English Jamye, the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Slavic, and Latvian Jana, the English Janae, the Arabic Janan, the English Janay, and the English Janean.

Details of famous persons named Joanne:
Actress Joanne Woodward, born February 27, 1930, Thomasville, Georgia.
Author J.K. (Jo) Rowling, born Joanne Rowling, 31 July 1965, Chipping Sodbury, England.

KEY: Pronunciation for Joanne: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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