Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Johanna

JOHANNA

GENDER: Feminine

PRONOUNCED: yo-HAH-nah (German), yo-HAHN-nah (Dutch) [key]

Meaning & History

Latinate form of Ioanna (see JOANNA).

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VARIANTS: Joan, Joanna (English)

DIMINUTIVES: Hanna, Hanne (German), Hanna (Scandinavian), Hanna, Hanne, Hannie, Jennigje, Johanneke (Dutch), Hanna, Hannele, Jenna, Jenni, Jonna (Finnish), Jo, Joey (English)

MASCULINE FORM: Johannes (Late Roman)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Jone (Basque), Joanna (Biblical), Ioanna (Biblical Greek), Iohanna (Biblical Latin), Ioana, Ivana, Yana, Yoana, Iva, Ivanka (Bulgarian), Joana (Catalan), Ivana, Iva, Ivanka (Croatian), Ivana, Jana, Johana, Iva, Ivanka, Janička (Czech), Johanne, Hanne, Janne, Jannicke, Jannike, Jonna (Danish), Jeanne (French), Xoana (Galician), Ioanna, Nana (Greek), Jóhanna, Jóna (Icelandic), Siobhan (Irish), Giovanna, Gianna, Giovannetta, Vanna (Italian), Janina (Lithuanian), Ivana, Jovana, Iva, Vana (Macedonian), Jehanne, Johanne (Medieval French), Johanne, Hanne, Janne, Jannicke, Jannike (Norwegian), Janina, Joanna, Asia, Joasia (Polish), Joana, Joaninha (Portuguese), Ioana, Ionela, Oana (Romanian), Yana, Ivanna (Russian), Jean, Seonag, Sheona, Shona, Seona, Seònaid (Scottish), Ivana, Jovana, Iva, Ivanka, Jovanka (Serbian), Jana (Slovak), Ivana, Jana, Iva, Ivanka (Slovene), Juana, Juanita (Spanish), Janina, Janna, Jannicke, Jannike, Jonna (Swedish), Siwan (Welsh)

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