Johanna
Johanna is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
Johanna is the feminine form of the Greek name Johannes . This comes from the Hebrew name Jochanan (Hebrew either יוֹחָנָן jôḥānān or יְהוֹחָנָן jәhôḥānān ). The name Jochanan is a sentence name. The subject forms the theophore element יֹו jô , the predicate comes from the root חנן ḥnn “jem. incline / be gracious / have mercy on him ”. The name therefore means "God is gracious".
distribution
In the late 19th century and into the 1910s, the name was often among the twenty most popular names for girls in Germany. Its popularity then slowly declined at first, but fell sharply in the mid-1930s. In the mid-1980s, its popularity increased again significantly. Since the mid-1990s, he has been among the twenty most common girl names a few times.
name day
- February 4th : Saint Joan of France
- May 12th : Bl. Joan of Portugal
- May 24th : St. Johanna , wife of Chuza (also Chusa or Chuzas, an official of Herod)
- May 30th : Saint Joan of Arc ( Joan of Arc )
- August 12th : St. Johanna Franziska von Chantal
- August 26th : St. Johanna Elisabeth Bichier des Ages
- December 12th : St. Johanna Franziska von Chantal (in the German-speaking area, otherwise on August 12th )
variants
- Short forms: Jona, Jana , Janna , Hanna , Hanni, Hansi , Jojo, Schanerl, Schanettl
- Basque : Jone, Joana, Joane, Ibane
- Danish: Johanne, Janne, Jonna
- English : Joan, Joanna (rarely also Joana , Jeanna), Joanne , Jane , Janet , Jean , Sheena
- Finnish : Jannika, Jonna
- French : Jeanne , Jeanette (Schanette)
- Greek : Ioanna
- Irish : Sinéad , Siobhán
- Icelandic : Jóhanna (namesake see below)
- Italian : Giona, Giovanna, Gioana, Gianna
- Dutch : Hanna , Hansje, Jaantje, Janine, Janka, Janke, Janna, Jannegien, Jannetje, Janny, Jans, Jansina, Jantien, Jantine, Jenke, Jenske, Jo , Joke, Jopie, Nettie, Sjaan.
- East Frisian : Joke
- Polish : Joanna , Janika, Joasia, Asia, Aśka (first name or short form of Joanna), Janina , Janka (first name or short form of Janina)
- Portuguese : Joana , Juanita
- Scandinavian : Jonna (especially Danish and Norwegian form)
- Romansh : Giuanna
- Romanian : Ioana (female variant of Ion ), Ionela (nickname for this)
- Slavic : Ivana , Janina , Jowanka , Schanna / Shanna / Zhanna / Žanna (Cyrillic Жанна)
- Slovak : Johanka
- Spanish : Juana
- Czech : Jana, Johana, Johanka
- Hungarian : Johanna, Janka
- Welsh : Siân
Name bearers
Bible
- Johanna Chusa or Johanna wife of Chuza
Middle Ages and early modern times
- Johanna von England (1165–1199) , daughter of Heinrich II.
- Johanna (Flanders) (1200–1244), Countess of Flanders and Hainaut
- Johanna von England (1210–1238) , daughter of Johann Ohneland
- 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.
- Joan I (1273–1305), Queen of Navarre and, as wife of Philip the Fair, Queen of France
- Johanna von Flanders (1295–1374), as the Dowager of the Duke army leader in the War of the Breton Succession
- Joan 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
- Joan I (Naples) (1326–1382), Queen of Naples
- Johanna von Bayern (1362–1386) (1362–1386), first wife of the Roman king Wenceslaus of Bohemia
- Joan of Navarre (1370–1437), second wife of King Henry IV of England.
- Johanna Sophie von Bayern (1377–1410), wife of Archduke Albrechts of Austria
- Joan of Arc (1412–1431), French national heroine and saint
- Joan of Portugal (1452–1490) , beatified daughter of the Portuguese King Alfonso V.
- Joan of Portugal (1439–1475) , Infanta of Portugal and from 1455 upon marriage to Henry IV. Queen of Castile
- Joan of Castile (1462–1530), wife of Alfonso V, Queen of Portugal
- Joan of France (1464–1505), canonized first wife of the French King Louis XII.
- Joan I (1479–1555), Queen of Castile and Titular Queen of Aragon
- Johanna (Hachberg-Sausenberg) (1485 / 1487–1543), Countess of Neuchâtel
- Johanna von Pfalz-Simmern (1512–1581), abbess in the Marienberg monastery
- Jeanne d'Albret (1528–1572), Queen of Navarre
- Joan of Spain (1535–1573), mother of the Portuguese King Sebastian
- Jane Gray (~ 1536–1554), Queen of England
- Johanna von Lestonnac (1556–1640), founder of the French order; Saints of the Catholic Church
- Johanna Franziska von Chantal (1572–1641), saint and co-founder of the Salesians
- Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau (1682–1750)
- Jonna Lisa Liljendahl (Swedish child actress)
- Jonna Tervomaa (pop singer from Finland)
Recent and recent history
- Antonie Brentano , born as Johanna Antonia Josepha Edle von Birkenstock (1780–1869), believed by some to be the “ immortal lover ” of Ludwig van Beethoven
- Johanna Sebus (1791–1809), German lifesaver
- Johanna von 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 König-Hock (1921–2009), German actress and advertising icon ("Klementine")
- Tonke Dragt , actually Antonia Johanna Willemina Dragt (* 1930), Dutch (children's and young adult books) writer
- Johanna von Koczian (* 1933), German actress and singer
- Yovanna (* 1940), Greek singer and actress
- Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (* 1942), Icelandic politician
- Johanna "Hansi" Emetz , known as Joana (* 1944), German singer
- Johanna Wanka (* 1951), German politician
- Johanna Schaller , later Johanna Klier (* 1952), former German athlete and Olympic champion
- Johanna Walser (* 1957), German writer and literary translator
- Johanna König (* 1958), Austrian writer
- Johanna Gastdorf (* 1959), German actress
- Johanna Tschautscher (* 1968), Austrian director and writer
- Johanna Adorján (* 1971), Danish-German director and author
- Johanna Asklöf (* 1972), Finnish orienteer
- Johanna Paasikangas-Tella (* 1974), Finnish chess player
- Johanna Wokalek (* 1975), German actress
- Johanna Beisteiner (* 1976), Austrian guitarist
- Johanna Klum (* 1980), German presenter, singer and model
- Johanna Jansson , known as Dotter (* 1987), Swedish singer
- Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir ("Yohanna", * 1990), Icelandic singer
- Johanna Polley (* 1992), German actress
- Johanna Bassani (2002–2020), Austrian Nordic combined athlete
Fictional people
- Popess Johanna , legendary Popess of the 9th century
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jutta Krispenz: Johanan. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.
- ↑ Gesenius , 16th ed. 1915, p. 245
- ↑ Statistics on "Popular first names"
- ^ Fr. S. Huegel: The Viennese dialect. Lexicon of the Viennese vernacular , Hartleben, Vienna-Pest-Leipzig 1873, p. 134 "Schanettl", "Schani"