Gender Feminine
Scripts Ιωάννα(Greek) Ἰωάννα(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Greek form of Joanna.

Related Names

VariantsGianna, Yanna, Yianna(Greek)
DiminutiveNana(Greek)
Masculine FormsGiannis, Ioannis, Yannis, Yiannis(Greek) Ioannes(Biblical Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesShavon, Shavonne(African American) Jone(Basque) Zhanna(Belarusian) Joanna(Biblical) Iohanna(Biblical Latin) Yanna, Yanick, Yannic, Yannick, Yannig(Breton) Ioana, Ivana, Yana, Yanka, Yoana, Ivanka, Nina(Bulgarian) Joana, Jana(Catalan) Ghjuvanna(Corsican) Ivana, Ivanka, Nina, Vanja, Žana(Croatian) Ivana, Jana, Johana, Iva, Ivanka, Janička, Janka, Johanka, Nina(Czech) Johanna, Johanne, Hanna, Hanne, Janne, Jonna, Nina(Danish) Jana, Janna, Johanna, Hanke, Hanna, Hanne, Hannie, Janneke, Jantine, Jantje, Jennigje, Johanneke, Nina(Dutch) Jane, Janessa, Janice, Jean, Jeanne, Joan, Joanna, Johanna, Johnna, Shauna, Shavon, Shavonne, Shawn, Shawna, Sheena, Chevonne, Giana, Gianna, Janae, Janeka, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janie, Jayna, Jayne, Jeana, Jeane, Jeanie, Jeanna, Jennie, Jenny, Jo, Joanie, Joann, Joanne, Jodene, Jodi, Jodie, Jody, Joetta, Joey, Johna, Johnie, Johnnie, Jonelle, Jonette, Joni, Jonie, Nina, Seanna, Shevaun, Shevon(English) Jaana, Jana, Janika, Johanna, Janne(Estonian) Jóna(Faroese) Janika, Janina, Johanna, Hanna, Hannele, Janna, Jonna, Nina(Finnish) Jeanne, Johanne, Jeannette, Jeannine, Joanne, Nina, Yanick, Yannick(French) Xoana(Galician) Jana, Janina, Johanna, Hanna, Hanne, Nina(German) Johanna, Hanna, Janka(Hungarian) Jóhanna, Jóna(Icelandic) Síne, Siobhán(Irish) Giovanna, Ivana, Gia, Gianna, Giannina, Giò, Giovannetta, Nina, Vanna(Italian) Johanna(Late Roman) Jana, Janīna, Žanna(Latvian) Janina(Lithuanian) Ivana, Jovana, Jovanka, Jovka, Vana(Macedonian) Jehanne, Johanne(Medieval French) Johanna, Johanne, Hanna, Hanne, Janne, Jannicke, Jannike, Nina, Vanja(Norwegian) Janina, Joanna, Asia, Janka, Joasia, Nina(Polish) Joana, Joaninha(Portuguese) Geovana, Giovana(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Ioana, Ionela, Oana(Romanian) Yana, Zhanna, Yanina(Russian) Giuanna(Sardinian) Jean, Seona, Sheena, Sheona, Shona, Jessie(Scottish) Seonag, Sìne(Scottish Gaelic) Ivana, Jovana, Ivanka, Jovanka, Nina, Vanja(Serbian) Ivana, Jana, Iva, Ivanka, Janka, Nina(Slovak) Ivana, Jana, Iva, Ivanka, Nina, Vanja, Žana(Slovene) Janka(Sorbian) Juana, Juanita(Spanish) Giovana, Johana(Spanish (Latin American)) Janina, Janna, Johanna, Hanna, Jannike, Jonna, Nina, Vanja(Swedish) Ivanna, Yana, Zhanna, Yanina(Ukrainian) Djene(Walloon) Shan, Siân, Siwan, Siana, Siani(Welsh)

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Name Days

Greece: January 7

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Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g2489, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g2489.
Entry updated October 6, 2024