Johanna

Variant English Pronunciations: jo-HAHN-ə, jo-AHN-ə.

Pronounced: yo-HAW-naw (Hungarian), yo-HAN-ə (English), yo-HAHN-ə (English), yo-HAN-na (Classical Latin)

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Latinate form of Ioanna (see JOANNA) used in several languages.

Pronounced in English as either yo-HAN-ə, yo-HAHN-ə, or jo-AN-ə, and not jo-HAN-ə. Pay attention to the first letter, all Js do not always have the J sound as most Europeans use the Y sound instead.

Hungarian pronunciation: YO-hawn-naw.

I know two Johannas (pronounced yo-Hun-nuh), and they're both nicknamed Jojo (Yo-yo).

Can also be pronounced jo-HA-nuh in English. I know a girl with this name.

I'm a Johanna and in Australia it's usually pronounced "JOE-ANNA" with the 'H' silent. However I usually just shorten it to Jo. The 'H' confuses people a little.

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It's a name you grow into. I used to hate it when I was young because it was so formal and a bit strange. However now I relish that it's slightly odd! Suits me better.

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Another reason why I no longer dislike it is because 'Johanna' means (roughly) 'gift from/of God'. To call a child a gift from the heavens, well, it makes me feel so humbled to know how much my parents wanted me and continue love me.

I've seen this name used in the US and Britain pronounced the same as "Joanna", with the H silenced.

Listen to the German pronunciation of Johanna here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

I am a Johanna myself and I can assure you that it is pronounced yo-HUN-nah in Germany.

Dutch pronunciation is yow-HAH-nah.

In Finland the name is not pronounced "Joe" + "Hannah" but "Yo" + "Hun" + "na" with the accent on the first and third syllables. The J is pronounced like a Y, as in a username such as "Hejko" being pronounced "Heyko" and not "Hedgeko."

Just take the male name "Joe" and then the female name "Hannah" and put them together, that's how you pronounce "Johanna".

It is pronounced as Yooh-HUNN-ah, at least in German, Dutch, Swedish and Finnish.