Joanna

Joanna \joa-(n)na, jo-a-nna\ is a female's name. It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Joanna is pronounced JHowAENah in English or YaoAANNaa in Polish ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Joanna: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"

What is the origin of Joanna?

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 form of the English Jane name. Joanna can also be an English and Polish form of the English Joan name. Joanna has 24 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. Forms used in English include baby name Ioana, name Jo-Ann origin, name JoAnn origin, what does the name Joann mean, Joeann name popularity, nicknames for Joeanne, name Johanna (used in Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian as well), Johannah meaning and origin, meaning of Jonella, short names for Joni, nicknames for Jonie, meaning of Jonna, baby name Ohanna, and baby name Sion. Other English forms include the contraction Jo meaning (used in German as well), the diminutive forms what does the name Jenny mean (used in German as well), Jody meaning and origin, Joe name variations, and Joey definition, and the variant spellings nicknames for Joana (used in Brazilian, Catalan and Portuguese as well), Joannah meaning and origin, Joeana meaning, and nicknames for Joeanna. The Greek Ioanna meaning is a form of Joanna that is in foreign languages. Joanna is fairly 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 2010, it ranked at #305 with a usage of 0.054%, however it was nonetheless the most popular within all girl names in its group. 27% more girls were named Joanna than the 2nd most popular name, Jane name, in 2010.

The following famous people share the name Joanna:

• Actress Joanna Lumley, born 1 May 1946, Srinagar, India
• Author Joanna Trollope, born 9 December 1943, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England
• Educator Anne Sullivan, born Joanna Sullivan, 14 April 1866 - 20 October 1936, Feeding Hills, Massachusetts
• Singer JoJo, born Joanna Noelle Levesque, 20 December 1990, Foxboro, Massachusetts.

List of baby names Joanna:

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The baby name Joanna fun facts:

The name Joanna in reverse order is "Annaoj".

The numerological value of the name Joanna is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.

How popular is Joanna?

Joanna is in the top names in USA.