Joanna

Variation of Johanna

"God is gracious"

Joanna Origin and Meaning

The name Joanna is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "God is gracious".

Joanna derives from the Greek name Ioanna, which in turn came from the Hebrew name Yohannah. It is featured in the New Testament as a woman who accompanied Jesus on his travels and eventually reached saint status. Other names related to Joanna include Joan, Joanne, Johanna, and Jana.

The most usable name in her family, Joanna has been unobtrusively fashionable since the 1980s and continues to be appreciated for its New Testament history and its melodious three-syllable sound, though the simpler Anna ranks much higher. Joanna was most popular in the mid-80s, when she made it into the Top 100.

Audrey Hepburn played a lovely Joanna in the film Two for the Road and Keira Knightley embodied it in Last Night. Both O. Henry and William Faulkner used it for characters.

The rhythmic Joanna is our choice over Johanna and Joanne.

Joanna Rank in US Top 1000

# 339 in the US

Joanna Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 457 on Nameberry

Joanna Popularity

• 339 US 2023
• 457 Nameberry 2024
• 327 Future 2028
• 609 England 2021
• 63 Poland 2023

20 Names Similar to Joanna

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Famous People Named Joanna

• Joanna of Castile and Leon Queen consort of Philip I of Castile
• Joanna I Queen of Naples
• Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess of Tuscany
• Joanna of Rosenthal Queen consort of Bohemia as wife of George of Poděbrady
• Joanna Kerns American actress
• Joanna Russ American novelist and feminist academic
• JoAnna Garcia Swisher, American actress
• Joanna Lamond Lumley English actress
• Joanna Virginia Cassidy American actress
• Joanna Caroline Newsom American singer,songwriter
• Joanna Lea (Stevens) Gaines American TV personality ("Fixer Upper")
• Joanna Lohman American soccer player
• Joanna Krupa Polish,American model
• Joanna Noëlle Blagden "JoJo" Levesque American singer and actress
• Joanna Gleason (born Joanne Hall) Canadian actress and singer
• Joanna Louisa Coles English magazine editor
• Joanna Rowsell English cyclist
• Joanna Honorata Brodzik Polish actress
• Joanna Chmielewska (Irena Barbara Kuhn) Polish writer and architect
• Joanna Horodyńska Polish model and stylist
• Joanna Natalia Jabłczyńska Polish actress
• Joanna Jędryka Polish actress
• Joanna (Cleo) Klepko Polish singer
• Joanna Grażyna Kluzik Rostkowska, Polish politician and deputy

Joanna in Pop Culture

• Joanna Chambers character in the Power of Five series by Anthony Horowitz
• Joanna Dark main character in video game "Perfect Dark"
• "Joanna Francesa " 1957 Brazilian film and its main character
• "Joanna " 1968 British film and its main character
• Joanna Lannister wife of Tywin Lannister in the Game of Thrones series
• Joanna lizard in Disney's "The Rescuers Down Under"
• Joanna Wallace character in film "Two for the Road"
• Joanna Reed character in film "Last Night"
• Joanna Beauchamp character in the Witches of East End series
• Joanna McCoy daughter of Leonard McCoy on TV's "Star Trek"
• "The Cloning of Joanna May " science fiction novel by Fay Weldon
• Joanna "Jo" Parrish police constable on Australian TV series "Blue Heelers"
• Joanna Marie "Jo" Polniaczek character on TV's "The Facts of Life"
• Joanna Reece character on TV's "Forever"
• Joanna Mills character in film "The Return"
• Joanna Beth Harvelle character on TV's "Supernatural"
• Joanna "Joey" Drayton character in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
• Joanna Wellick (nee Olafson) character in "Mr. Robot"
• Joanna Forsythe (nee Clark) character in DC Universe
• "Joanna " song by Canadian band Hawk Nelson
• Joanna Eberhart character in Ira Levin's 'The Stepford Wives' and is portrayed by Katharine Ross in Bryan Forbes' adaption.