Joanna

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Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα Iōanna. Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, and Jean.

1 In other languages
2 Women named Joanna
3 Joanna in popular culture
4 Song containing references to 'Joanna'
5 Other uses
6 External links

[edit] In other languages

Amharic - ዮሐና Yohäna
Arabic - يُوَنّا Yuwannā
Armenian - Յովհաննա Hovhanna, Օհաննա Ōhanna
Catalan - Joana
Czech - Jana
Danish - Johanne
Finnish - Johanna
French - Jeanne
- diminutive Jeannette, Janine
- Old French - Jehane
Georgian - იოანნა Ioanna
German - Johanna
- diminutive Hanne
Greek - Ιωαννα Ioanna
- Modern Greek - Γιαννα Yanna
  - diminutive Γιαννουλα Yannoula
Hebrew - יוחנה Yoḥanah, יוכבָד Yocheved
Hungarian - Johanna
- diminutive Hanna, Janka
Irish - Siobhán
- diminutive Sinéad
Italian - Giovanna
- diminutive Gianna, Vanna
Latin - Joanna, Johanna
Lithuanian - Joana
Malayalam യോഹന്നാ Yōhannā
Polish - Joanna
- diminutive Joasia, Asia
Portuguese - Joana
Romanian - Ioana
- diminutive Oana
Russian - Ивана Ivana
Slovak - Jana
Spanish - Juana
- diminutive Juanita
Swedish - Johanna
- diminutive Jannike
Syriac - ܝܘܚܢ Yoanna
Tamil - யோவன்னா Yōvannā
Welsh - Siân

The earliest recorded occurrence of the name Joanna, in Luke 8:3, refers to the disciple "Joanna the wife of Chuza," who was an associate of Mary Magdalene. Her name as given is Greek in form, although it ultimately originated from the Hebrew masculine name יְהוֹחָנָן Yehôḥānān or יוֹחָנָן Yôḥānān meaning 'God is gracious'. In Greek this name became Ιωαννης Iōannēs, from which Iōanna was derived by giving it a feminine ending. The original Latin form Joanna was used in English to translate the equivalents in other languages; for example, Juana la Loca is known in English as Joanna the Mad. The variant form Johanna originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The Greek form lacks a medial -h- because in Greek /h/ could only occur initially.

The Hebrew name יוֹחָנָה Yôḥānāh was borne by men in earlier centuries, but in modern usage it has become feminine, to provide a Hebrew equivalent for the name Joanna and its variants. The Christian Arabic form of John is يوحنّا Yūḥannā, based on the Syriac form of the name. For Joanna, Arabic translations of the Bible use يونّا Yuwannā based on Syriac ܝܘܚܢ Yoanna, which in turn is based on the Greek form Iōanna. The Islamic Arabic equivalent of John is Yaḥyá, which has no feminine equivalent; it is a masculine verbal phrase meaning 'he lives', and the feminine-gendered verb meaning 'she lives' is taḥyá, but *Taḥyá is not used as a name.

Sometimes in modern English Joanne is reinterpreted as a compound of the two names Jo and Anne, and therefore given a spelling like JoAnne, Jo-Anne, or Jo Anne. However, the original name Joanna is a single unit, not a compound. The names Hannah, Anna, Anne, Ann are etymologically related to Joanna just the same: they are derived from Hebrew חנה Ḥānāh 'grace' from the same verbal root meaning 'to be gracious'.

[edit] Women named Joanna

Joanna (disciple), one of the women associated with the ministry of Mary Magdalene. She brought myrrh to Christ's sepulchre and discovered the empty tomb (Luke 24:10).
Joanna Pacitti, a singer, known simply as Joanna.
Joanna, Duchess of Brabant.
Joanna I of Naples.
Joanna II of Naples.
Joanna of Navarre, consort of King Henry IV of England.
Saint Joana, Crown Princess of Portugal.
Joanna of Castile, queen regnant of Castile, known as Joanna the Mad.
Joanna Baillie, a Scottish poet.
Joanna Newsom, an American harpist, singer, and songwriter.
Joanna Pacuła, a Polish actress
Joanna Russ, an American science fiction author known for her writing on radical feminist themes, author of The Female Man.
JoJo, an American singer; credited as Joanna Levesque (her real name) in her acting career.
Joanna Kerns, the actress who played Maggie Seaver on 'Growing Pains'
Joanna al-Askari Hussain, known as Joanna of Kurdistan, a peshmerga warrior from Kurdistan in northern Iraq, who fought Saddam Hussein's regime in the 1980s and then escaped.
Joanna Yeh and Huang, cool people xP ahaha, utterly amazing girls
Anthony Mak, the even cooler person than those mentioned above xP