Girl · Hebrew, through Latin and German
Johanna
Say it: yo-HAH-nah
Meaning
Feminine of Johannes, from Hebrew Yohanan 'Yahweh is gracious'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A standard German form since the Middle Ages that remains well used today.
Its wave through time
Timeless: in steady use for over a century
In the United States
- 52,588 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1893, about 1 in 1,400 girls
- 446 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Hanna, Hanne
| English | Joanna |
|---|---|
| French | Jeanne |
| Italian | Giovanna |
| Spanish | Juana |
| Dutch | Johanna |
| Swedish | Johanna |
Famous bearers
- Johanna Spyri, Swiss author of Heidi
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Parish baptism registers
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.