Johanna

Johanna is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

Johanna is the feminine form of the Greek name John. It is of Hebrew origin and means God of grace ' or even, God is gracious '.

Dissemination

In the late 19th century to the 1910s in the name was often among the twenty most awarded girl names in Germany. Its popularity declined thereafter slowly at first, but fell sharply from the mid-thirties. Mid-eighties took its popularity began to increase considerably. Since the mid- nineties he was again a few times among the twenty most common girls' names.

Name-day

February 4: Saint Joan of France
MAY 12: Sel. Joan of Portugal
MAY 24: St. Joan, wife of Chuza (also Chusa or Chuza, one of Herod officials )
May 30: St. Joan of Arc ( Jeanne d' Arc )
August 12: St. Jane Frances de Chantal
August 26: St. Joan Elizabeth Bichier of age
December 12: St. Jane Frances de Chantal ( in the German language area, otherwise 12 August )

Variants

Short forms: Jana, Janna, Hanna, Hanni, Hansi, Jojo, Schanerl, Schanettl
English: Joan, Joanna ( rarely also Joana ), Joanne, Jane, Jean, Sheena
French: Jeanne, Jeanette ( Saddle Nice )
Irish: Sinéad, Siobhán
Icelandic: Jóhanna ( name makers see below)
Italian: Giovanna, Gioana, Gianna
Dutch: Hanna, Hansje, Jaantje, Janine, Janka, Janke, Janna, Janne Gien, Jannetje, Janny, Jans, Jansina, Jantien, Jantine, Jenke, Jenske, Jo, Joke, Jopie, Nettie, Sjaan.
Ostfriesisch: Joke
Polish: Joanna, Joasia, Asia, Aśka ( nicknames or short forms of Joanna ), Janina, Janka (nickname or short form of Janina )
Portuguese: Joana, Juanita
Scandinavian: Jonna (especially Danish and Norwegian form)
Romanian Ioana (female variant of ion) Ionela ( this diminutive )
Slavic: Ivana, Janina, Jowanka
Slovak: Johanka
Spanish: Juana
Czech: Jana, Jannika
Hungarian: Johanna, Janka
Welsh: Siân

Famous names winners

Middle Ages and Early Modern Times

Joan of England (1165-1199), daughter of Henry II
Johanna (Flanders) ( 1200-1244 ), Countess of Flanders and Hainaut
Joan of England (1210-1238), daughter of John Lackland
Johanna (Toulouse ) ( 1220-1271 ), Countess of Toulouse
Johanna ( Blois ) ( 1258-1292 ), Countess of Blois, Chartres and Dunois
Joan of England (1272-1307), called Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I
Johanna I. (1273-1305), Queen of Navarre, and as the wife of Philip the Fair Queen of France
Joanna of Flanders (1295-1374), as dowager army leader in the Breton War of Succession
Johanna II (1311-1349), Queen of Navarre
Joan of England (1321-1362), called Joan of the Tower, daughter of Edward II
Johanna ( Brabant) ( 1322-1406 ), Duchess of Brabant and Limburg
Johanna I. (Naples ), ( 1326-1382 ), Queen of Naples
Johanna of Bavaria (1362-1386) (1362-1386), first wife of the Roman king Wenceslas of Bohemia
Joan of Navarre (1370-1437), second wife of King Henry IV
Johanna Sophia of Bavaria (1377-1410), wife of Archduke Albrecht of Austria
Joan of Arc (1412-1431), French national heroine and saint
Joan of Portugal (1452-1490), beatified daughter of Portuguese King Alfonso V
Joanna of Castile (1462-1530), ' V., wife Alfons Queen of Portugal
Joan of France (1464-1505), canonized first wife of the French King Louis XII.
Johanna I. (1479-1555), Queen of Castile and of Aragon Titularkönigin
Johanna von Pfalz - simmering (1512-1581), abbess in Marienberg monastery
Jeanne d' Albret (1528-1572), Queen of Navarre
Joan of Spain (1535-1573), mother of the Portuguese King Sebastian
Joan of Lestonnac (1556-1640), French foundress; Healing Lige of the Catholic Church
Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641), Holy and co-founder of the Salesian Sisters
Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt- Dessau (1682-1750)

Modern and Contemporary History

Johanna Sebus (1792-1809), a life saver
Joan of Puttkamer (1824-1894), wife of Otto von Bismarck
Johanna Spyri (1827-1901), Swiss writer
Johanna Naber (1859-1941), Dutch feminist
Johanna Senfter (1879-1961), German composer
Johanna Kirchner (1889-1944), German resistance fighter
Johanna Bassermann (1906-1998), German film and theater actress
Johanna King Hock (1921-2009), German actress and advertising icon ( " Clementine " )
Joan of Koczian ( born 1933), German actress and singer
Yovanna (c. 1940), Greek singer and actress
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir ( b. 1942 ), Icelandic politician
Johanna Wanka (* 1951), German politician
Johanna Schaller, later Johanna Klier ( born 1952 ), former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion
Johanna Walser (* 1957), German writer and literary translator
Johanna King (born 1958 ), Austrian writer
Johanna Gastdorf (* 1959), German actress
Johanna sealed Autscher (* 1968), Austrian director and writer
Johanna Paasikangas - Tella ( born 1974 ), Finnish chess player
Johanna Wokalek (* 1975), German actress
Johanna Beisteiner (* 1976), Austrian guitarist
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir ( " Yohanna ", * 1990), Icelandic singer

Fictional people

Pope Joan, legendary Pope Joan of the 9th century