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 [ 3 syll. jo-han-na, joh-a-nna ] The girl name Johanna is pronounced JHahHHAENah KEY. Johanna's language of origin is Hebrew, and it is predominantly used in the Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian languages. Johanna is a German and Hungarian variant of Jean (English and Scottish). Johanna is also a Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian variant of Jane (English). Johanna is also a Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian variant of Joanna (English and Polish). Forms of Johanna include the short forms Jo (English and German), Jona (Scandinavian), and Jonna (Finnish and Scandinavian), the pet forms Asia (Polish), Han (English), Hanne (German and Scandinavian), Hannele (Finnish), Hanni (German), Hannie (Dutch), Hansi (German), Janna (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Janne (Finnish, German, and Scandinavian), Jenna (English and German), Jenni (English and Finnish), Johanneke (Dutch), and Joke (Dutch), and the variant spellings Joahanah (English), Johana (Czech), Johanah (English), and Johannah (English). Johanna is an all-time favorite. Currently it is still a fairly popular baby name for girls, though not to the extent it was in the past. The name's popularity rose from the 1950s up to the 1980s. Its usage peaked modestly in 1984 with 0.051% of baby girls being given the name Johanna. It ranked at #265 then. The baby name has since experienced a drop in popularity. In 2008, it ranked at #448 with a usage of 0.034%. Among the group of girl names directly linked to Johanna, Jenna (English and German) was the most frequently used. It was used 5 times more than Johanna in 2008. Baby names that sound like Johanna include Jóhanna (Scandinavian), Jacinna (Spanish), Jacqueena (English), Jacquena (English), Jamea (English), Jamee (English), Jamia (English), Jamillah (Arabic and English), Jamina (Hungarian), Jamya (English), Janea (English), Janina (English, German, Polish, Finnish, Lithuanian, and Scandinavian), Janiya (English), Janyll (English), Jasamine (English), Jasmijn (Dutch), Jazmina (Spanish), Jeanann (English), Jeaneia (English), and Jeani (English). A famous person named Johanna is Opera Singer, Jenny Lind, born Johanna Maria Lind, October 6, 1820 - November 2, 1887, Stockholm, Sweden. KEY: Pronunciation for Johanna: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
