Johanna

Yo-HAHN-ah; Joe-HANN-ah
Hebrew
"God is gracious"

Johanna Origin and Meaning

The name Johanna is a girl's name of Hebrew, German origin meaning "God is gracious".

Johanna is the version of this name used in Holland, Germany, and Scandinavia. The extra h makes Johanna a slightly more dignified version of Joanna.

A notable namesake is the author of Heidi, Johanna Spyri. There are Johannas in Sweeney Todd, The Hunger Games, and the Bob Dylan song, "Visions of Johanna."

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Famous People Named Johanna

  • Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind
    Swedish opera singer
  • Johanna Charlotte
    Princess of Anhalt,Dessau; Margravine of Brandenburg,Schwedt; Abbess of Herford Abbey
  • Johanna Marina Eleonore
    Princess of Hesse and by Rhine, daughter of Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark; niece of Britain's Prince Philip
  • Johanna Elizabeth Braddy
    American actress
  • Johanna von Trapp
    member of the Von Trapp Family Singers
  • Johanna Larsson
    Swedish tennis player
  • Johanna Konta
    Australian,British tennis player
  • Johanna Lindsey (born Johanna Helen Howard)
    American romance novelist
  • Johanna Sigurdardottir
    former prime minister of Iceland
  • Johanna Sjöberg
    Swedish Olympic swimmer
  • Johanna Spyri
    Swiss children's author
  • Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir aka Yohanna
    Icelandic pop singer
  • Johanna Sofia Blåsippa (Sofia) Karlsson
    Swedish folk singer and instrumentalist
  • Johanna Long
    American NASCAR driver
  • Johanna Maria Ellinor Berglund
    Sällström, Swedish actress
  • Johanna Rachel Fateman
    American writer and musician

The name Johanna in Pop Culture

  • Johanna Barker
    character and song in "Sweeney Todd"
  • Johanna Mason
    character in the Hunger Games series
  • Johanna Reyes
    character in the Divergent series
  • Johanna Beckett
    character on TV's "Castle"
  • Johanna Petit
    character in webcomic "The Author's Apprentice"
  • Johanna Rothermund
    main character in East German TV series "Johanna"
  • "Visions of Johanna
    " song by Bob Dylan
  • "Johanna of the Spirits"
    song by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
  • "Johanna
    " song by The Stooges
  • "Johanna
    " 2005 Hungarian film

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