Comments for the name Joanna

Means gift from God (Hebrew).

Joanna is my name and I like it, not too common. I think it's much prettier than Joanne. Possible nicknames Jo and Joey are nice too.

This is a really pretty name - not that all that common, but gorgeous.

I am named Joanna and love it. I have met very few with my name and the nicknames I have been called over the years are not at all irksome (Jo and Joey). One complaint would be that many insist my name is Joanne and refuse to see the 'a' at the end of my name.

JoAnna Lacy is a Christian author who writes books with her husband, Al Lacy.

My name is Joanna Weaver. There is an author named Joanna Weaver, I have not read her books.

Gimme hope, Joanna. What a song. (Slightly ruined by the Yop thing, I have to admit.) Good name too. I'd rather be called this than Joanne or Jospehine.

Joanna is a nice name. I am surprised this name hasn't increased in popularity due to the popularity of Anna.

A very good, quiet and sober name for a well-mannered, soft-hearted and sober girl.

Hello, my name's Joanna too. Only you don't pronounce it the English way, and neither the Polish, if I read it correctly. Maybe it's because I'm Dutch.
You pronounce it like jo(dzjo)-AH-na.

My mother's name is Joanna. Most people call her Jo. It really seems to work as a middle name. Many of the possible names I come up with, even the odd ones my husband would never agree to, work with Joanna. It's a strong, honest, down to earth name just like my mom.

Joanna has been used since the 1880's but used the most in the 1980's.

Joanna is a very beautiful, elegant name.

I think this name is beautiful and nice. It reminds me of a quiet, polite girl.

(Polish) Pronounced yo-AHN-nah.
A pet form is Jola (same as Jolanta).

Jola isn't a pet form of Joanna in Poland, it's only to Jolanta. Joanna's pet forms are Joasia or Asia.

One famous bearer is Joanna, daughter of Benjamin Barker (Sweeney Todd) and Lucy Barker. The ward of Judge Turpin in the rather morbid play Sweeney Todd.

In Nottingham we have this radio station called 96 Trent fm and there's a breakfast show called the Jo & Twiggy show. Yep you guessed it. Jo's name is Joanna but shortened to Jo.

JoJo's real name is Joanna Noelle Levesque.

Broadway actress Joanna Gleason, daughter of Monty Hall, bears this name.

I really like this name. It's much prettier than Joanne, and I like the nickname Jo.

For some reason whenever I hear this name it makes me think of a chubby middle aged women living in a trailor park. Yuck! And I just hate the sound of the name.

Pronounced "jo-AHN-na".

Celebrated harpist, singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom bears the name.

This name is okay, but a bit lazily constructed and unimaginative. It's definitely better than Brianna, though.

Joanna is a character in the horror story/musical "Sweeny Todd".

Please ignore what I said earlier. The Sweeny Todd character was Johanna, not Joanna.
Her name's pronounced the same was as Joanna, though. (She lives in England so "Johanna" and "Joanna" would be pronounced the same.) They're both really nice names by the way. :)

I LOVE the name Joanna. It's so pretty, and better than Johanna.

Joannah is good for those who like lacy, Joanna for those who prefer rich and wholesome. Both are beautiful choices.

Joanna is my name. I haven't yet met anyone (in person) with my name. Mostly, my family calls me Anna. The most annoying thing (to me) about my name is that people sometimes shorten it to Joann.

Joanna in Hebrew means the "gift or grace of Jehovah".

Joanna Garcia, most famously known as Cheyenne Montgomery on "Reba", bears this name.

This could also be used as a combination of Jo and Anna.

My name is JoAnna. It took me a while to grow into the name, because I used to think it was plain, but now I love it. It's almost like a classic that's been updated, if that makes any sense. I really like the capitalization of the A in the middle, but if I want it to be spelled right, I often have to correct people when they're writing it out. The nicknames age well: when I was younger, people used Joie as my nickname, and as I've grown older they tend to use Jo more.

Joanna Baillie was a Scottish poet playwright in the 18th and 19th century. She fought to have her work seen in a serious light. This is a classic and beautiful name that has been in use for hundreds of years.

Joanna Lumley (b. 1946), the lovely English actress with the posh, sexy voice.

This the real name of the teen singer JoJo. Her full name is Joanna-Levesque. I am a big fan! Here is the website: http://www.joanna-levesque.org/

I think Joanna is a nice name with a nice flow to it.

Also Finnish.

BBC news presenter Joanna Gosling - she really suits this elegant attractive name.

Beautiful, but for some reason I think Johanna looks and sounds a bit more elegant.
This sounds a little more "country" I suppose, than Johanna.

Very, very pretty.

I love this name. It's simple and a little old-fashioned but it's got a lovely flow to it. I imagine a Joanna as a very mature, strong and kind young woman.

My name is Joanna but I prefer to spell it Johanna. I think it looks more balanced that way.

I love this name! I always liked the name Johanne and other diminutives. I thought to myself, "Wouldn't it be nice to put an a at the end?" Then one day, I wanted to chose children names. I read somewhere about creating names by combining those of the parents. My name is Savannah and my on-again off-again boyfriend is Joe. Joanna is the perfect combination! :) I'm just lucky that it's already a name.

My name is Joanna, and my parents say it the American way, but my dutch grandparents have always said it yul-khA-nna.