Johanna
Yo-HAHN-ah; Joe-HANN-ah
Hebrew
"God is gracious"Share
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Johanna Origin and Meaning
The name Johanna is a girl's name of Hebrew, German origin meaning "God is gracious".
Johanna is the version of this name used in Holland, Germany, and Scandinavia. The extra h makes Johanna a slightly more dignified version of Joanna.
A notable namesake is the author of Heidi, Johanna Spyri. There are Johannas in Sweeney Todd, The Hunger Games, and the Bob Dylan song, "Visions of Johanna."
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# 750 in the US
Johanna Rank in US Top 1000
# 688 on Nameberry
Johanna Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Johanna Popularity
- 750US2023
- 688Nameberry2024
- 845Future2028
- 29Germany2023
- 90Netherlands2019
- 156Switzerland2023
- 11Austria2023
- 63Hungary2023
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Famous People Named Johanna
- Johanna Maria "Jenny" LindSwedish opera singer
- Johanna CharlottePrincess of Anhalt,Dessau; Margravine of Brandenburg,Schwedt; Abbess of Herford Abbey
- Johanna Marina EleonorePrincess of Hesse and by Rhine, daughter of Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark; niece of Britain's Prince Philip
- Johanna Elizabeth BraddyAmerican actress
- Johanna von Trappmember of the Von Trapp Family Singers
- Johanna LarssonSwedish tennis player
- Johanna KontaAustralian,British tennis player
- Johanna Lindsey (born Johanna Helen Howard)American romance novelist
- Johanna Sigurdardottirformer prime minister of Iceland
- Johanna SjöbergSwedish Olympic swimmer
- Johanna SpyriSwiss children's author
- Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir aka YohannaIcelandic pop singer
- Johanna Sofia Blåsippa (Sofia) KarlssonSwedish folk singer and instrumentalist
- Johanna LongAmerican NASCAR driver
- Johanna Maria Ellinor BerglundSällström, Swedish actress
- Johanna Rachel FatemanAmerican writer and musician
Johanna in Pop Culture
- Johanna Barkercharacter and song in "Sweeney Todd"
- Johanna Masoncharacter in the Hunger Games series
- Johanna Reyescharacter in the Divergent series
- Johanna Beckettcharacter on TV's "Castle"
- Johanna Petitcharacter in webcomic "The Author's Apprentice"
- Johanna Rothermundmain character in East German TV series "Johanna"
- "Visions of Johanna" song by Bob Dylan
- "Johanna of the Spirits"song by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
- "Johanna" song by The Stooges
- "Johanna" 2005 Hungarian film