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Joanna
Pronounced /ˌd͡ʒoʊˈænə/
Rank in 2024
#329
Born in 2024
942
Peak year
1984 · #88
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 942 girls were named Joanna, about 1 in every 1,713.
- It peaked in 1984 with 3,332 babies, ranked #88.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 110,756 girls have been named Joanna since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Joanna per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.3Silent1928–45
- 0.3Boomers1946–64
- 0.9Gen X1965–80
- 1.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.7Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 3,214 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Silent: 7,197 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Boomers: 11,421 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Gen X: 21,916 babies, 0.86 per 1,000. Millennials: 32,760 babies, 1.16 per 1,000. Gen Z: 20,002 babies, 0.69 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 13,530 babies, 0.67 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
- A female given name from Latin [in turn from Hebrew].
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˌd͡ʒoʊˈænə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Joanna, CC BY-SA 4.0.