Joan (first name)
Joan is a male and female given name .
meaning
The name is a variant of the first name Johannes or Johanna .
Use and variants
As a female first name, Joan can be found in the English language together with Joann , Jo-Ann , Joanne who are spoken at the same voice . It has appeared there since the Middle Ages and is particularly common today in the United States . Other common variants of the female given name in English are Joni and Joanna (see corresponding main articles on female names).
As a male first name, Joan is used in the Catalan language in eastern Spain and rarely in Scandinavia . This form is closely related to the Spanish Juan . In other areas of Europe, too, Joan or, more rarely, Joann is or was common as a male name, for the form Joannes / Joannis see under Johannes.
Name days
For possible name days, see Johannes and Johanna
Name bearer (all spellings)
First name (male)
- Joan Aguiló i Pinya (1860–1924), Mallorcan pastor and archaeologist
- Joan Alcover i Maspons (1854–1926), Majorcan poet
- Joan Martí Alanís (1928–2009), Catalan Bishop and Co-Prince of Andorra
- Joan Amades (1890–1959), Catalan ethnologist and folklorist
- Joan Albert Amargós (* 1950), Spanish composer and conductor
- Joan Josep Amengual (1796–1876), Catalan writer and philologist
- Joan Babot (1918–1997), Spanish football player
- Joan Bastardas (1919–2009), Catalan classical philologist
- Joan Benlloch y Vivó (1864–1926), Spanish clergyman and cardinal
- Joan-Daniel Bezsonoff (* 1963), French-North Catalan linguist and writer
- Joan Blaeu (1596–1673), Dutch cartographer and engraver
- Joan Bosco (1815–1888), Italian Catholic priest and founder of an order
- Joan Botam (* 1926), Catalan priest and Capuchin
- Joan Brossa (1919–1998), Catalan writer and artist
- Joan Brull (1863-1912), Catalan painter
- Joan Cabanilles (1644–1712), Spanish organist and baroque composer
- Joan Campins (* 1995), Spanish soccer player
- Joan Cañellas (* 1986), Spanish handball player
- Joan Capdevila (* 1978), Spanish football player
- Joan Carrera Planas (1930-2008), Auxiliary Catalan Bishop
- Joan Carreras i Goicoechea (* 1962), Catalan writer
- Joan Castejón (* 1945), Spanish draftsman, painter and sculptor
- Joan de Cantalausa, pseudonym of the French priest and linguist Loís Combas (1925-2006)
- Joan Albos Cavaliere (* 1980), Andorran ski mountaineer
- Joan Cererols (1618–1680), Catalan Benedictine monk and composer
- Joan Clapera i Mayà (1929–2018), Catalan painter
- Joan Clos (born 1949), Catalan politician (PSC)
- Joan Coromines (1905-1997), Spanish linguist
- Joan Cortada i Sala (1805–1868), Catalan romantic writer and historian
- Joan Corver (1628-1716), Amsterdam regent
- Joan Crespí (1721–1782), Catalan Franciscan and missionary
- Joan Isaac Cuenca López (* 1991), Spanish football player
- Joan Daemen (* 1965), Belgian cryptologist
- Joan Daurer (14th century), Catalan painter
- Joan Antoni Desvalls i d'Ardena (1740-1820), Catalan nobleman and scholar
- Jóan Símun Edmundsson (* 1991), Faroese football player
- Joan Francesc Ferrer Sicilia (* 1970), Catalan football player and coach, see Rubi (football player)
- Joan Fontcuberta (* 1955), Catalan artist, teacher and author
- Joan Fuster (1922-1992), Catalan writer
- Joan Gamper (1877–1930), Swiss businessman and Switzerland-Spanish football pioneer
- Joan Pujol García (1912–1988), German-English double agent in World War II
- Joan Gardy-Artigas (* 1938), Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist
- Joan Guzmán (* 1976), Dominican boxer
- Joan van den Honert (1693–1758), Dutch Reformed theologian
- Joan van Hoorn (1653–1711), Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
- Joan Horrach (* 1974), Spanish cyclist
- Joan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen (1625–1704) (Huydecoper II), regent and mayor of Amsterdam
- Joan Jordán Moreno (* 1994), Spanish football player
- Joan Junceda (1881–1948), Catalan illustrator and comic book artist
- Joan Melchior Kemper (1776–1824), Dutch politician and legal scholar
- Joan Kostadinow (* 1947), Bulgarian politician.
- Joan Laporta (* 1962), Catalan lawyer and politician
- Joan-Lluís Lluís (* 1963), French-North Catalan writer and journalist
- Joann Lõssov (1921–2000), Estonian-Soviet basketball player and coach
- Joan Maetsuycker (1606–1678), Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
- Joan Manuel Serrat (* 1943), Catalan songwriter
- Joan Mascaró i Fornés (1897–1987), Spanish orientalist
- Joan Massagué Solé (* 1953), Spanish pharmacologist and cancer researcher
- Joan Maragall (1860-1911), Catalan poet
- Joan Francesc March (* 1927), Spanish writer
- Joan March (1582–1658), Spanish Benedictine monk, composer and organist
- Joan March Ordinas (1880–1962), Spanish entrepreneur and banker
- Joan Lino Martínez (* 1978), Spanish-Cuban long jumper
- Joan Martorell (1833–1906), Catalan builder and architect
- Joan Francesc Mira (* 1939), Catalan writer and anthropologist
- Joan Claudi Montane (* 1955), Andorran boxer
- Joan Montseny (1864–1942), Catalan author and militant anarchist
- Joan Mir (* 1997), Spanish motorcycle racer
- Joan Miró (1893–1983), Catalan painter and sculptor
- Joan Nieuhof (1618–1672), Dutch globetrotter
- Joan Nogué i Font (* 1958), Catalan human geographer
- Joan Olivé (* 1984), Spanish motorcycle racer
- Joan Oriol Gracia (* 1986), Spanish soccer player
- Joan Oumari (* 1988), German-Lebanese soccer player
- Joan Perucho i Gutierres-Duque (1920–2003), Spanish writer
- Joan Peruga Guerrero (* 1954), Andorran writer
- Joan Petit i Aguilar (1752–1829), Spanish Catalanist
- Joan Hernández Pijuan (1931–2005), Spanish painter
- Joan Baptista Pla (1720–1773), Spanish composer and oboist
- Joan Plaza i Durán (* 1963), Spanish basketball coach
- Joan Pons Álvarez (* 1946), Menorcan opera singer (baritone)
- Joan Prats i Vallès (1891–1970), Catalan entrepreneur and art patron
- Joan Prim i Prats (1814–1870), Catalan general and politician
- Joan Raye (1698–1737), Governor General of Suriname
- Joan Riera Ferrari (1942–2017), Spanish painter and sculptor
- Joan Röell (1844–1914), Dutch statesman
- Joan Roma Cararach (* 1972), Spanish racing driver
- Joan Román (* 1993), Spanish football player
- Joan Rosembach (1470–1530), German-Catalan priest and printer
- Joan Rubió i Bellver (1870–1952), Catalan architect
- Joan Sales i Vallès (1912–1983), Catalan writer, translator and publisher
- Joan Salvat-Papasseit (1894–1924), Catalan poet and author
- Joan Antoni Samaranch (1920–2010), Spanish politician and sports official
- Joan Saubich i Mir (* 1989), Spanish handball player
- Joan Manuel Serrat (* 1943), Spanish songwriter
- Joan Segarra Iracheta (1927-2008), Spanish football player
- Joann Sfar (* 1971), French comic writer and film director
- Joan Solà i Cortassa (1940-2010), Catalan linguist
- Joan Toscano (* 1984), Andorran football player
- Joan Triadú i Font (1921-2010), Catalan writer and educator
- Joan Verdú Fernández (born 1983), Spanish football player
- Joan Vilà i Moncau (1924–2013), Catalan painter
- Joan Vilana Díaz (* 1977), Andorran ski mountaineer
- Joan Villadelprat (* 1955), Spanish racing team manager (Formula 1)
- Joan Vinyoli i Pladevall (1914–1984), Catalan poet
- Joan Enric Vives i Sicília (* 1949), Catalan Bishop and Co-Prince of Andorra
- Joan Lluís Vives (1492–1540), Spanish humanist and philosopher
- Joan Adriaan Hugo van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1854–1940), Dutch chamberlain and conductor
A name
- St. Jeanne d'Arc , Joan of Arc , Joan of Arc (1412–1431), French national heroine
- Joan de Clare (approx. 1264–1322), English-Scottish noblewoman
- Joan of Kent (1328–1385), wife of Edward of Woodstock
- Joan de Munchensi (approx. 1234–1307), English nobleman
- Joan de Stuteville († 1276), English nobleman
First name (female)
- A.
- Joan Acker (1924–2016), American sociologist
- Joan Aiken (1924-2004), British writer
- Joan Jepkorir Aiyabei (* 1979), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Joan Allen (born 1956), American actress
- Joan Allison (born 1947), British middle distance runner
- Joan Armatrading (born 1950), British singer-songwriter
- B.
- Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (* 1933), American judge
- Joan Baez (* 1941), American singer and civil rights activist
- Joan Bakewell (* 1933), British journalist and politician (Labor)
- Joan Baptiste (* 1959), British sprinter
- Joan Barfoot (* 1946), Canadian writer and journalist
- Joan Barry (1903-1989), British actress
- Joan Bartlett (1911–2002), prominent British Catholic
- Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (1379-1440), daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
- Joan Beaufort (Queen of Scotland) (1406–1445), daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
- Joan Benham (1918–1981), British actress
- Joan Bennett (1910–1990), American actress
- Joan Benoit (* 1957), American long-distance runner
- Joanne Benson (* 1943), American politician (Republican)
- Joan Beretta (1937–1965), Australian middle distance and cross-country runner
- Joan Birman (* 1927), American mathematician
- Joan Blackman (born 1938), American actress
- Joan Kristin Bleicher (* 1960), German Germanist and media scientist
- Joan Blondell (1906–1979), American actress
- Joan Bradshaw (born 1936), American actress
- Joanne Brackeen (* 1938), American jazz pianist and university teacher
- Joan Bresnan (* 1945), American linguist
- Joan Bridge (1912–2009), British costume designer
- Joan Burton (born 1949), Irish politician (Labor)
- Joan L. Bybee (* 1945), American linguist
- Joanne Byron (* 1947), American political activist and terrorist
- C.
- Joanne Calderwood (* 1986), Scottish martial artist
- Joan Campbell (1929–2013), German-American historian
- Joan Carroll (1931-2016), American child actress
- Joanne Cassar (* 1971), Maltese badminton player
- Joan Chandler (1923–1979), American actress
- Joan Chen (born 1961), Chinese-American actress
- "Joanne" Kuei Ya Chen (* 1990), Taiwanese-American badminton player
- Joan Chittister (* 1936), American nun, author and activist
- Joanne Chory (* 1955), American plant biologist
- Joan Christiansen (* 1988), Danish badminton player
- Joan Clarke (1917–1996), British cryptanalyst
- Joan Collins (born 1933), American actress
- Joan Breton Connelly (* 1954), American archaeologist
- Joan Crawford (1905–1977), American actress
- Joan Crawford (basketball player) (born 1937), American basketball player
- Joan Crosby , English table tennis player
- Joanne Cuddihy (* 1984), Irish sprinter
- Joan Cusack (born 1962), American actress
- D.
- Jo Ann Davis (1950–2007), American politician (Republican)
- Joan Davis (1912–1961), American actress
- Joanne Davies (* 1972), English badminton player
- Joan Devereux (1379–1409), English nobleman
- Joan Dewhirst , British figure skater
- Joan Dickson (1921–1994), British cellist and music teacher
- Joan Didion (* 1934), American journalist and writer
- Joan E. Donoghue (* 1956), American lawyer
- Joanne Doornewaard (* 1960), Dutch diplomat
- Joanne Dru (1922–1996), American film actress
- E.
- Joanne Eccles (* 1989), British vaulting expert
- Jo Ann Emerson (* 1950), American politician (Republican)
- Jo Ann Endicott (born 1950), Australian dancer
- Joan Erikson (1903–1997), Canadian-American educator and author
- Joanne Ernst (* 1958/1959), American triathlete
- Joan Evans (born 1934), American actress
- F.
- JoAnn Falletta (* 1954), American musician and conductor
- Joan Faulkner (* before 1960), American jazz singer
- Jo-Anne Faull (* 1971), Australian tennis player
- Joan Finney (1925–2001), American politician
- Joan FitzAlan (1347-1419), English nobleman
- Joann Fletcher (* 1966), British archaeologist
- Joanne Flockhart (* around 1950), Scottish badminton player
- Joan Fontaine (1917–2013), American actress
- Joan Franka (* 1990), Dutch singer
- Joanne Froggatt (* 1980), British actress
- Joan Fry (1906–1985), British tennis player
- G
- Jo Ann Garrett (* 1954), American soul singer
- Joanne Gläsel (* 1961), German actress and radio play speaker
- Joanne Goode- Wright (* 1972), English badminton player
- Joan Gould (* 1927), American journalist and writer
- Joan Grant (1907–1989), English writer
- Joan C. Gratz (* 1941), American artist and film director
- Joanne Greenberg (* 1932), American writer
- Joan Greenwood (1921–1987), British actress
- Jo Ann Greer (1927-2001), American singer
- Joanne Guest (* 1972), British model and presenter
- Joan Guetschow (* 1966), American biathlete
- H
- Joan Haanappel (* 1940), Dutch figure skater
- Joan Hackett (1934–1983), American actress
- Joan Hanham (born 1939), British politician (Conservative Party)
- Joan Hannah (* 1939), American ski racer
- Joanne Harris (* 1964), British writer
- Joan Harrison (screenwriter) (1907-1994), British screenwriter
- Joan Harrison (swimmer) (born 1935), South African swimmer
- Joan Hartigan (1912-2000), Australian tennis player
- Joan Hendry (* 1945), Canadian athlete
- Joan Hennessy (born around 1930), Canadian badminton player
- Joan Hess (pseudonym: Joan Hadley, 1949–2017), American crime novelist
- Joanne Hewson (* 1930), Canadian skier
- Joan Hickson (1906-1998), British actress
- Joan Higginbotham (* 1964), American astronaut
- Joan Hinton (1921-2010), American nuclear physicist
- Joan Kelly Horn (* 1936), American politician
- I.
- Joan Ingram , English table tennis player
- J
- Joanne Jackson (* 1986), British swimmer
- Joan Jett (born 1958), American rock singer
- Joan Jonas (* 1936), American artist
- Joan Jones (* 1948), Australian badminton player
- K
- Jo Ann Kelly (1944–1990), British singer and guitarist
- Joanne Kelly (* 1978), Canadian actress
- Joan Bennett Kennedy (* 1936), wife of Edward Kennedy (1958–1982)
- Joan Kerouac (J. Haverty, 1931–1990), American author
- Joanne Kiesanowski (* 1979), New Zealand cyclist
- Joanne King (* 1976), Australian triathlete
- Joan Kirner (1938–2015), Australian politician (ALP)
- L.
- Joan La Barbara (* 1947), American singer and composer
- Joan Lestor (1931–1998), British politician (Labor)
- Joan Leslie (1925-2015), American actress
- Joan Lind (1952–2015), American rower
- Joan Lingard (* 1932), Scottish author for children and young people
- Joan Lindsay (1896–1984), Australian writer
- Joanne Linville (born 1928), American actress
- Joan Littlewood (1914–2002), British theater and film director
- Joanne Liu (* 1965), Canadian pediatrician
- Joanne Jishung Liu (* 1965), Taiwanese poker player, see JJ Liu
- Joan Logue (* 1942), American video artist
- Joan Lorring (1926-2014), American actress
- Joanne Love (* 1985), Scottish soccer player
- Joan Lowell (1902–1967), American actress and author
- Joan Lunden (* 1950), American journalist and author
- M.
- Joan Marsh (1914–2000), American actress and businesswoman
- Joan Marshall (1931–1992), American actress
- Joan Martin († 1322), English nobleman
- Joanne Massiah (* 1968), politician from Antigua and Barbuda (UPP)
- Joan McAlpine (* 1962), Scottish politician (SNP)
- Joan McCloy (* around 1945), Northern Irish badminton player
- Joan McCusker (* 1965), Canadian curler
- Joanne McTaggart (* 1954), Canadian sprinter
- Joanne Muggeridge (* 1969), English-Welsh badminton player
- Joan Mitchell (1925–1992), American painter
- Joan Morgan (1905-2004), British film actress
- Joan Mondale (1930–2014), wife of US Vice President Walter Mondale
- N
- Joan Nestle (* 1940), American teacher and author
- Joanne Nicholas- Wright (* 1977), English badminton player
- O
- Joan O'Brien (born 1936), American actress and singer
- Joan O'Callaghan (1934-2015), British-American film actress
- Joan Orleans (Joan Schmitt-Parks), American gospel singer
- Joan Osborne (* 1962), American singer and singer-songwriter
- P
- Joan Pavelich (* 1953), Canadian discus thrower and shot putter
- Joanne Pavey (* 1973), British medium and long distance runner
- Joan Whitney Payson (1903–1975), American entrepreneur and art patron
- Joan Peters (1936–2015), American journalist and author
- Joanne Peters (* 1979), Australian soccer player
- Joan Perry (1911–1996), American actress
- Jo Ann Pflug (born 1940), American actress
- Joan Phipson (1912–2003), Australian children's author
- Joan du Plat Taylor (1906–1983), British underwater archaeologist
- Joan Plowright (born 1929), British actress
- Joan Beauchamp Procter (1897–1931), British herpetologist
- Q
- Joanne Quay Swee Ling (* 1980), Malaysian badminton player
- R.
- Joanne Reid (* 1992), American biathlete and cross-country skier
- Joan Rhodes (1921-2010), British circus performer
- Joan Rice (1930–1997), British actress
- Joan Ridley O'Meara (1903-1983), British tennis player
- Joan Rivers (1933-2014), American entertainer
- Joan Roberts (1917–2012), American stage actress
- Joan Robinson (1903–1983), British economist
- Joan G. Robinson (1910–1988), English author for children and young people
- Joan Root (1936–2006), Kenyan wildlife filmmaker and conservation activist
- Joan Kipkemoi Rotich (* 1993), Kenyan obstacle runner
- Joan Roughgarden (* 1946), American biologist and author
- Joanne K. Rowling (* 1965), British writer
- Joan Mary Ruddock (born 1943), Welsh politician (Labor)
- JoAnne Russell (* 1954), American tennis player
- S.
- Joanne Samuel (born 1957), Australian actress
- Joan Schenkar (* 1952), American writer and playwright
- Joan Seccombe (* 1930), British politician (CP)
- Joan Severance (* 1958), American actress and model
- Joan Shawlee (J. Fulton, 1926–1987), American actress
- Joan Micklin Silver (* 1935), American film director and screenwriter
- Jo Ann Simon (* 1946), American author
- Joanne Malkus Simpson (J. Gerould, 1923-2010), American meteorologist
- Joan Sims (1930-2001), British actress
- Joan Slonczewski (* 1956), American molecular biologist and science fiction author
- Joan Smalls (J. Rodriquez, * 1988), Puerto Rican model
- Joan Miller Smith (* 1967), former American biathlete
- Joanne Snell (* 1977), Australian badminton player
- Joan Spero (J. Edelman, * 1944), American diplomat
- Joan Stambaugh (1932–2013), American philosopher and translator
- Joan A. Steitz (* 1941), American biochemist
- Jo-Ann Strauss (* 1981), South African television presenter and model
- JoAnne Stubbe (* 1946), American biochemist
- Joan Mildred Summerfield (1921-2013), British actress
- Joan Sutherland (1926-2010), Australian soprano
- Joan Swift (born 1933), American actress
- T
- Joan Taylor (1929–2012), American actress
- Joanne Shaw Taylor (* 1986), British guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Jo Ann Terry (* 1938), American athlete
- Joan Tetzel (1921–1977), American actress
- Joan Thirsk (1922–2013), British historian
- Joan Thynne (J. Hayward, 1558-1612), English nobleman
- Joan Tower (* 1938), American composer and pianist
- Joan Trimble (1915-2000), Irish composer and pianist
- V
- Joan Van Ark (born 1943), American actress
- Joanne Vannicola (* 1968), Canadian actress
- Joan Vickers (1907-1994), British politician (NLP, CP)
- Joan D. Vinge (* 1948), American science fiction writer
- Joan Vollmer Adams (1924–1951), American artist wife and muse of the Beat Generation
- W.
- Joan Wallach Scott (* 1941), American historian
- Joan Walmsley (* 1943), British politician (LD)
- Joanne Whalley (born 1961), British actress
- Joan Wiffen (1922–2009), New Zealand amateur paleontologist
- Joan Wildman (1938–2020), American pianist and university teacher
- Joanne Wise (* 1971), British long jumper
- Joan Wolf (* 1951), American writer
- Joan Woodland (born 1921), Australian sprinter.
- Joan Woodward (1916–1971), British sociologist
- Joanne Woodward (born 1930), American actress
- Joanne Woollard († 2015), British production designer
- Z
- Jo Ann Zimmerman (1936-2019), American politician (Democrat)
Middle name
- Helen Joanne Cox (1974-2016), British politician (Labor)
- Bernat Joan i Marí (* 1960), Spanish writer and politician (ERC)
- Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , stage name Lady Gaga (* 1986), American singer
- Melissa Joan Hart (born 1976), American actress
- Samantha Joanne Marchant (* 1988), English singer
Fictional people
- Lois Joanne Lane , companion figure to Superman