Johanna

Pronounced Joe-Hann-a, I absolutely adore this name for a girl! Very beautiful/elegant, and ages very well!

Love the Hunger Games association.

Extremely cute name that has good associations about this name, I like it :D.

I like even Joanna. It's so pretty, nice and kind :D.

Personally, I LOVE it, but only when it's pronounced as "Joe-hanna". I don't like the "Yo-hanna" way at all. It irks me a lot. Will probably not use it for my child because an IMMENSE number of people say it like the latter.

Joe-Hahn-a is the BEST pronunciation!

So happy this made it to the top ten somewhere (Austria)!

I'm an English speaker who instinctively pronounced Johanna as jo-AN-uh (same way as Joanna); and honestly, I think this spelling is prettier than Joanna. *However*, I know if I used it in real life I would run into serious pronunciation difficulties because a lot of English speakers (particularly here in the U.S.) want to pronounce this like it's "Jo" and "Hannah" smashed together, and that would bug me. For this reason, Joanna is more practical.

I like this name a lot because my relative is named that.

Feminine form of Johan. I know of someone saying that she wants to name her daughter Johan. She would never use Johana because to her, Johan sounds feminine enough, and sticking a -na at the end just makes Johan sound ugly and superfluous, too feminine (because she hates girly names even though she wants her daughter to be girly), and kinda forced. She told me she loves Johan for a girl and dislikes it for a boy, but she despises Johana at all. I think Johan sounds just as feminine as Johana. Because the prefix of Johan makes it sound like “Jo-hann” not “Joh-in”, so technically the masculine form sounds a little feminine and Johanna is completely feminine. I love Johan as a boy’s name and a girl’s name, but I only love Johana as a girl’s name. Johana is a lovely name to give to your daughter, but if you were going to name your daughter Johan, then I assume you would want to give her a feminine middle name that’s more feminine than her friend’s middle name, as her friend’s first name is Johana.

My name is Johanna, and I have always loved my name because of its classic beauty and uniqueness. Everyone continues to mispronounce the name, but it is worth having. Here in the U.S., my family and I pronounce it Joe-Hannah, like the two names combined. It was originally intended to be used with a soft j, but the pronunciation didn't work out here. My favorite usages of Johanna are in Bob Dylan's song Visions of Johanna, and of course Joan of Arc. A less well-known usage of the name would be in the Vampire Weekend song A-Punk, in which the first lyrics are "Johanna drove slowly into the city".

I love both the German and the anglicized pronunciations of the name. Yo-HAH-nah sounds cute and mature at the same time, and different. Joe-HAN-nuh I like just because I adore the name Hannah.

Cool name, I pronounce it joe-Hannah, which is the only way I've ever heard it pronounced. Makes a good middle name.

It is an absolutely beautiful name! If I ever have a daughter I am definitely considering this for her name.

I absolutely love this name! Only thing is that I like it pronounced "Yo-HAH-nah". It's also the name of Sweeny Todd's daughter, and the name of a song from it... "Johanna... Johanna..."

I think it's fun to read what you write about the name. Because for me it's just a common name. I know a lot of Johannas. Especially in my age. It's a pretty name, but a little too common here.

I like this name, with the pronunciation yo-HAHN-nah, not just Joe+Hannah. Although, it is probably impossible to find it said that way in America.

Gorgeous, just like Jayne Wisener, who portrayed Johanna is the movie adaptation of Sweeney Todd.
I usually pronounce it jo-HANA, like the names "Jo" and "Hannah" combined. Pronouncing it Joanna is just as good.
It is much prettier than Joanna, the more American-sounding counterpart.

I'm Johanna, and I pronounce my name without the H. My parents chose the name for it's meaning "Gift of God" after trying to conceive for so many years. I also go by Jo, and was Jojo when I was little. I love my name. I love that people have heard it before, but it's still uncommon, and I think it's both strong and feminine. People do butcher the pronunciation all the time, but it's worth it to have a name that I don't have to share!

I adore this name, it's gorgeous. It will age well, can have the lovely nickname "Hanna", and is just an all-round winner.

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(JO-hanna) is clearly an Americanised pronunciation. I'm English and personally despise changing the spellings and pronunciations of well established names, just to suit your taste. It's (yo-HAHN-nah), (yo-HAH-nah) or (yo-HUN-ah). Nothing else.

My name is Johanna. If you are American and you are thinking about naming your baby this, let me warn you. People are going to butcher the pronunciation. Always. I get called Joanne, Joanna, Jessica, Joan. No kidding. It doesn't matter if it is pronounced exactly as it is spelled. But people will get it right after 2 or 3 times.

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Otherwise, I like it. It is different, but not unheard of, and goes good with a one syllable middle name. :)

It's a beautiful German name, makes me think of a strong, young and beautiful Bavarian girl.

Very pretty name, but I'm afraid it will only be butchered into, "Yo, Hannah!" I'd spell this Johana to avoid mispronunciation - not to say that she wouldn't get a lot of "Joanna" .

I use the name Johanna Rose for a character in one of my stories because I think it rolls of the tongue beautifully.

My best friend's name is Johanna Ruth, and she is called Josie. She is named after both her grandmothers and adores her name, as do I. When I first met her, I called her "Yo-hannah". She quickly corrected me and told me that she pronounced it "Johanna". Josie has been called "Yo-han" (Johann) in the doctor's office before and other places. She hates that. Johanna is an elegant name for a woman and cute name for a little girl if you had a nickname for it as well.

I think this is better as a middle name. I like it best with Avery, Avery Johanna.

I think it's too popular name in Finland. It's my sister's name.