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. The literal meaning of the Greek word koine (κοινή) is common. It is used in several senses: Koiné Greek (Κοινή Ἑλληνική), a Greek dialect that developed from the Attic dialect (of Athens) and became the spoken language of Greece at the time of the Empire of Alexander the Great. ... Joan is a female name. ... Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna, with a medial -h- included by analogy with the name Johannes or Johann. ... Look up Jane in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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, Asiunia
• 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. Note: This article contains special characters. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia (in the latter with the name of Valencian), and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of... Old French is a term sometimes used to refer to the langue doïl, the continuum of varieties of Romance language spoken in territories corresponding roughly to the northern half of modern France and parts of Belgium and Switzerland during the period roughly from 1000 to 1300 A.D... Main article: Greek language Modern Greek (Νέα Ελληνικά or Νεοελληνική, lit. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Malayalam ( ) is the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala, in southern India. ... Syriac ( Suryāyā) is an Eastern Aramaic language that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. ... Tamil ( ; IPA ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamils in India and Sri Lanka, with smaller communities of speakers in many other countries. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... The Gospel of Luke is the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament, which tell the story of Jesus life, death, and resurrection. ... Joanna was one of the women associated with the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth, often considered to be one of the disciples. ... Joanna of Aragon and Castile (Spanish: Juana de Aragón y de Castilla) (November 6, 1479 – April 12, 1555), called Joanna the Mad (Juana La Loca), Queen regnant of Castile and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, was the second daughter of Ferdinand, king of Aragon, and Isabella...

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'. Hannah is a personal name, also spelt Hanna or Hana, deriving from the Hebrew language ×—Ö·× Ö¸Ö¼×” (Channah), meaning grace, favour and/or charm. ... Anna can refer to a variety of people, objects, and ideas. ...

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 Krupa, Polish model, and actress.

Joanna was one of the women associated with the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth, often considered to be one of the disciples. ... Joanna Pacitti (born October 6, 1984 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American pop/rock singer and actress. ... Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322–1406) was the heiress of Duke Jan III, who died in Brussels, December 5, 1355. ... Queen Joan I (1327 – May 12, 1382) was born Joanna of Anjou. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Joanna of Navarre (1370? - 1437) was the daughter of Charles the Bad, King of Navarre. ... For the Portuguese infanta, daughter of Edward of Portugal, see: Joan of Portugal Blessed Joan of Portugal (1452-1490), known in Portugal as Saint Joan Princess (Portuguese: Santa Joana Princesa, pron. ... Joanna of Aragon and Castile (Spanish: Juana de Aragón y de Castilla) (November 6, 1479 – April 12, 1555), called Joanna the Mad (Juana La Loca), Queen regnant of Castile and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, was the second daughter of Ferdinand, king of Aragon, and Isabella... Joanna Baillie (1762-1851), poetess and dramatist. ... Joanna Newsom (born January 18, 1982) is an American harpist, pianist, harpsichordist, singer and songwriter from Nevada City, California. ... Joanna Pacula (born as Joanna Pacuła, January 2, 1957 in Tomaszów Lubelski, Poland) is a Polish actress. ... Joanna Russ (born February 22, 1937), American writer and feminist, is the author of a number of works of Science Fiction (among other types of writing), including The Female Man, an aclaimed SF novel and pioneering meditation on how differing societies might produce very different versions of the same person... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... The Female Man is a feminist science fiction novel by Joanna Russ. ... Joanna Noëlle Levesque (born December 20, 1990), best known by her stage name JoJo, is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. ... Peshmerga, pesh merga, peshmarga or peshmerge Kurdish: pêşmerge) is the term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters. ... Krupa on the cover of the July 2005 Playboy. ...

Joanna in popular culture

• Joanna is the title of a 1925 American silent movie and a 1968 British musical movie.
• Joanna is the name of a goanna, a reptile, in The Rescuers Down Under.

Bold text For other uses, see Goanna (disambiguation). ... The Rescuers Down Under is the twenty-ninth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and was released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution on November 16, 1990. ...

Songs containing references to 'Joanna'

• "Joanna" by Cris Williamson.
• "Joanna" by Kool & the Gang
• "Joanna" by Scott Walker
• "I Don't Feel Like Dancing" by The Scissor Sisters
• "Chelsea Dagger" by The Fratellis
• "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" by Eddie Grant
• "Little Joanna" by Mcfly
• "When Joanna Loved me" by Tony Bennett
• "Get Busy" by Sean Paul

Cris Williamson is an American singer/songwriter and teacher, born in 1947 in Deadwood, South Dakota. ... Kool & The Gang Kool & the Gang was a massively successful rhythm and blues and disco group. ... Scott Walker is the stage name of the American singer-songwriter Noel Scott Engel (born 9 January 1943 in Hamilton, Ohio). ... I Dont Feel like Dancin is the first single from the second album by the American pop band Scissor Sisters, Ta-Dah. ... The Scissor Sisters American alternative band who formed in 2001. ... Chelsea Dagger is a song by The Fratellis and their second single. ... The Fratellis are an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. ... Eddie Grant is the name of the following people: Eddie Grant (musician) - a Black British musician Eddie Grant (baseball player) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... McFly can refer to: McFly (band) Marty McFly, fictional character from the Back to the Future film trilogy, and his family, the McFly family. ... For other persons named Tony Bennett, see Tony Bennett (disambiguation). ... Sean Paul Henriques (born January 8, 1973) is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist. ...

Other uses

• Joanna (butterfly), a genus of butterflies in the grass skipper family.
• Joanna (typeface), a serif typeface designed by Eric Gill.
• "The Joanna" or "the old Joanna" are nicknames given to the piano.

For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ... For other uses of the term butterfly, see butterfly (disambiguation). ... Tribes Ampittiini Ancistroidini Astictopterini Gegenini Hesperiini Taractrocerini Thymelini and see text Grass Skippers is the English name for butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the Skipper family. ... In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... Joanna is an old style serif typeface designed by Eric Gill (1882–1940) in the period 1930–31, and named for one of his daughters. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ...

External links

• "Joanna" at Edgar's Name Pages - with history, naming frequency statistics, related names, and famous namebearers
• Icons of St. Joanna the Myrrh-Bearer here and here