Joanna
Joanna is a feminine given name.
Origin, meaning and distribution
Joanna is a variant of the name Johanna and means "God is gracious". Name day is May 30th.
In the English-speaking world, the name is derived from the English name variant Joan . In Poland it is a common variant alongside Johanna. The very similar name variant Joana comes from the Portuguese-speaking area. Both Joanna and Joana are now spread around the world.
For a list of other name variants see Johanna .
Well-known namesake
Joanna
- Joanna (singer) , stage name of the Brazilian singer Maria de Fátima Gomes Nogueira (* 1957)
- Joanna Angel (* 1980), American porn actress and producer
- Joanna Atkins (* 1989), American sprinter
- Joanna Bacalso (bourgeois Joanna Garel, * 1976), Filipino-Canadian actress and model
- Joanna Baillie (1762-1851), British poet
- Joanna Barnes (* 1934), American actress and author
- Joanna Bator (* 1968), Polish writer and publicist
- Joanna Bethune (1770–1860), American social reformer
- Joanna Borowska-Isser (* 1959), Polish-Austrian chamber singer
- Joanna Brodzik (* 1973), Polish actress
- Joanna Bruzdowicz (* 1943), Polish composer
- Joanna Deborah Bussinger (* 1993), Norwegian-Swiss singer; see Debrah Scarlett
- Joanna Campbell , pseudonym of the American author Jo Ann Simon (* 1946)
- Joanna Canton (* 1978), American actress
- Joanna Carswell (* 1988), New Zealand tennis player
- Joanna Cassidy (* 1945), American actress
- Joanna Chaube (* 1997), French badminton player
- Joanna Cherry (* 1966), Scottish politician (SNP)
- Joanna Chmiel (* 1969), Polish marathon runner
- Joanna Chmielewska (1932–2013), Polish writer
- Joanna Collins , pseudonym of the American porn actress and producer Ona Zee (* 1954)
- Joanna Connor (* 1962), American blues musician
- Joanna David (* 1947), British theater and film actress
- Joanna Domańska (* 1959), Polish pianist and teacher
- Joanna Dorociak (* 1992), Polish lightweight rower
- Joanna Drinkhall (* 1987), British table tennis player
- Joanna Dunham (1936-2014), British actress
- Joanna Dworakowska (* 1978), Polish chess player
- Joanna Eichhorn (* 1992), German actress
- Joanna Erbel (* 1984), Polish sociologist
- Joanna Fabisiak (* 1950), Polish teacher and politician (Platforma Obywatelska)
- Joanna Ferkic (* 1994), German actress
- Joanna Fiodorow (* 1989), Polish hammer thrower
- Joanna Flockhart (* around 1950), Scottish badminton player
- Joanna Fowler (* 1942), American nuclear chemist and psychologist
- Joanna García (* 1979), American actress
- Joanna Glass (born 1936), Canadian playwright
- Joanna Gleason (born 1950), Canadian actress
- Joanna Gleich (* 1959), Polish-Austrian painter
- Joanna Going (* 1963), American actress
- Joanna Grudzińska (1795–1831), Polish nobleman
- Joanna Hayes (* 1976), American athlete
- Joanna Hifferan (around 1843–1903), Irish model
- Joanna Hoffman (* 1955), American marketing manager
- Joanna Hood , American violist
- Joanna Jabłczyńska (* 1985), Polish actress and singer
- Joanna Johnson (born 1961), American actress
- Joanna Johnston , British costume designer
- Joanna Jóźwik (* 1991), Polish athlete
- Joanna Kaczor (* 1984), Polish volleyball player
- Joanna Kerns (* 1953), American actress and director
- Joanna Kitzl (* 1980), German actress
- Joanna Klepko (* 1983), Polish singer, known as Cleo
- Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska (* 1963), Polish politician (including PiS)
- Joanna Konarzewska (1926–1991), Polish artist
- Joanna Kozłowska -Szczepaniak (* 1959), Polish opera singer (soprano)
- Joanna Krupa (* 1979), Polish-American model and actress
- Joanna Kulig (* 1982), Polish actress
- Joanna Lampe , stage name of the Dutch-German singer Chantal Joanna Hendrika Lampe Roeters (* 1981); see Chantal (singer)
- Joanna Lawn (* 1973), New Zealand triathlete
- Joanna Leszczyńska (* 1988), Polish rower
- Joanna Noëlle Levesque (* 1990), American singer and actress; see JoJo
- Joanna Lisiak (* 1971), Swiss writer and poet
- Joanna Lohman (* 1982), American soccer player
- Joanna Lumley (born 1946), British actress
- Joanna Majdan (Judoka) (* 1964), Polish judoko
- Joanna Majdan (chess player) (* 1988), Polish chess player
- Joanna Mendak (* 1989), Polish swimmer
- Joanna Merlin (born 1931), American actress
- Joanna Miles (born 1940), American actress
- Joanna Mitrosz (* 1988), Polish athlete
- Joanna Mucha (* 1976), Polish politician (PO)
- Joanna Murray-Smith (* 1962), Australian writer
- Joanna Mytkowska (* 1970), Polish curator and museum director
- Joanna Natasegara , director
- Joanna Nittenberg (* 1942), Austrian journalist
- Joanna Newsom (* 1982), American singer-songwriter
- Joanna Olech (* 1955), Polish author
- Joanna Pacitti (* 1984), American singer and actress
- Joanna Pacuła (* 1957), Polish-American actress
- Joanna Page (born 1978), British actress
- Joanna Pascale (* 1979), American singer
- Joanna Pettet (born 1942), British actress
- Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka (* 1956), Polish-Swiss social anthropologist
- Joanna Pizoń-Świtkowska (1961–2013), Polish swimmer
- Joanne Quay (* 1980), Malaysian badminton player
- Joanna Quinn (* 1962), British advertising artist
- Joanna Richardson (1925–2008), British literary scholar and author
- Joanna Rowsell-Shand (* 1988), British cyclist
- Joanna Russ (1937–2011), American author
- Joanna Rutkowska , Polish hacker and IT specialist
- Joanna Semmelrogge (* 1990), German actress
- Joanna Senyszyn (* 1949), Polish politician (SLD)
- Joanna Shimkus (* 1943), Canadian actress
- Joanna Simon (* 1940), American opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
- Joanna Skowroń (* 1979), Polish canoe racer
- Joanna Skrzydlewska (* 1977), Polish politician (PO)
- Joanna Sotomura (* 1985), American actress
- Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), English enthusiast
- Joanna Stone (* 1972), Australian javelin thrower
- Joanna Sulej (* 1989), Polish figure skater
- Joanna Szczepkowska (* 1953), Polish actress and author
- Joanna Szleszyńska (* 1978), Polish badminton player
- Joanna Szwab (* 1997), Polish ski jumper
- Joanna Taylor (* 1978), British actress and model
- Joanna Vanderham (born around 1990), British actress
- Joanna de Vincenz (* 1967), German-Polish journalist
- Joanna Wajs (* 1979), Polish writer
- Joanna Wang (* 1988), Taiwanese singer
- Joanna Wiśniewska (* 1972), Polish discus thrower
- Joanna Wozny (* 1973), Polish composer
- Joanna Zeiger (* 1970), American triathlete
Joana
- Joana (singer) , stage name of the German singer Johanna Emetz (* 1944)
- Joana Adu-Gyamfi (* 1973), German actress
- Joana Breidenbach (* 1965), German author and entrepreneur
- Joana Gallas (* 1992), German volleyball player
- Joana Maria Gorvin (1922–1993), German theater actress
- Joana Hählen (* 1992), Swiss winter sports enthusiast
- Joana Heidrich (* 1991), Swiss ball athlete
- Joana Vaya Houplin (* 1990), Filipino-American soccer player
- Joana Plankl (* 1988), Austrian model and musician
- Joana Prado (* 1976), Brazilian model
- Joana Radzyner (* 1954), Austrian journalist
- Joana Ramos (* 1982), Portuguese judoka
- Joana do Rosário , East Timorese politician (PUN)
- Joana Danguolė Sadeikienė (* 1936), Lithuanian politician (Sąjūdis)
- Joana Schümer (* 1969), German actress
- Joana Vasconcelos (artist) (* 1971), Portuguese artist
- Joana Vasconcelos (canoeist) (* 1991), Portuguese canoeist
- Joana Fee Würz (* 1983), German musical actress
- Joana Zimmer (* 1982), German singer