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[ syll. jo-va-na, jov-ana ] The girl name Jovana is pronounced JHowVAENah †. Jovana has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in Slavic. Jovana is a form of the Italian Giovanna. Jovana is also a form (Slavic) of the English Jane. Jovana is also a form (Slavic) of the English Joan. Jovana is the feminine version of the Slavic Jovan. Forms of the name include the English Jovan and the English Jovanna. Another variant of Jovana is the Slavic pet form Jovanka. Jovana is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Jovana, Jane was the most popular. Baby names that sound like Jovana include the name Geovana, the German Jakobine, the English Josaphine, the Scandinavian Josefin, the German Josefine, the English Josephene, the English Josephin, the English Josephine, the English Josephyne, the French Joséphine, the English Jovanna, the English Joyvina, the name Geovanna, the name Giavanna, the name Giovana, the Italian Giovanna, the name Josefena, the Spanish Josefina, the English Josephina, and the English Josephyna.
† approx English pronunciation for Jovana: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
