Johanna

This article is about the name. For other uses, see Johanna (disambiguation).

Johanna

Pronunciation	/dʒoʊˈ(h)ænə/; German: [joˈhana]
Gender	female
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew > Greek > Latin
Meaning	God is gracious
Other names
Related names	Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, Jean, Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanne, Johann, Johana

Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form Iōanna lacks a medial /h/ because in Greek /h/ could only occur initially. For more information on the name's origin, see the article on Joanna.

Women named Johanna

• Johanna Allik (born 1994), Estonian figure skater
• Johanna van Ammers-Küller (1884–1966), Dutch writer
• Johanna "Hannah" Arendt (1906–1975), German-born American political theorist
• Johanna "Jo" Bauer-Stumpff (1873–1964), Dutch painter
• Johanna Sophia of Bavaria (c.1373–1410), Duchess consort of Austria
• Johanna Beisteiner (born 1976), Austrian classical guitarist
• Johanna Berglind (1816–1903), Swedish sign language educator
• Jóhanna Bergmann Þorvaldsdóttir, Icelandic farmer
• Johanna Bond, American law professor and academic administrator
• Johanna "Annie" Bos (1886–1975), Dutch theater and silent film actress
• Johanna van Brabant (1322–1406), Duchess of Brabant
• Johanna Braddy (born 1987), American actress
• Johanna Corleva (1698–1752), Dutch translator and linguist
• Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie (1661–1708), Swedish writer
• Johanna Martina Duyvené de Wit (born 1946), Dutch writer with the pseudonym Tessa de Loo
• Johanna Edwards (born 1978), American novelist
• Johanna Fateman (born 1974), American musician, writer and editor
• Johanna Greie (1864–1911), German-American writer, socialist, and reformer
• Johanna Griggs (born 1973), Australian sportsperson and television personality
• Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862–1925), Dutch art dealer, sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh
• Johanna Hedén (1837–1912), Swedish obstetrician
• Johanna Helena Herolt (1668–1723), German-born Dutch still-life painter
• Johanna Jachmann-Wagner (1828–1894), German mezzo-soprano
• Johanna Joseph (born 1992), French basketball player
• Johanna Kirchner (1889–1944), German opponent of the Nazi régime
• Johanna Koerten (1650–1715), Dutch silhouette cutter
• Johanna Konta (born 1991), British tennis player
• Johanna "Joke" van Leeuwen (born 1952), Dutch author, illustrator, and cabaret performer
• Johanna "Anneke" Levelt Sengers (born 1929), Dutch physicist
• Johanna Lind (born 1971), 1993 Miss Sweden
• Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer (1664–1737), Dutch writer
• Johanna Lindsey (1952–2019), American author of romance novels
• Johanna Löfblad (1733–1811), Swedish actress
• Johanna Loisinger (1865–1951), opera singer
• Johanna Long (born 1992), racing driver
• Johanna "Hanja" Maij-Weggen (born 1943), Dutch government minister
• Johanna Mestorf (1828–1909), German prehistoric archaeologist and museum curator
• Johanna Nichols (born 1945), American paleolinguist
• Johanna van Polanen (1392–1445), Dutch noblewoman
• Johanna Ray, American casting director and producer
• Johanna Reiss (born 1932), Dutch-born American writer
• Johanna Rosaly (born 1948), Puerto Rican actress
• Johanna C.M. "Jolande" Sap (born 1963), Dutch politician
• Johanna Schaller-Klier (born 1952), retired German Olympic hurdler and Olympic gold medallist
• Johanna Schipper (born 1967), Taiwanese-born French comics cartoonist and writer known as "Johanna"
• Johanna Schopenhauer (1766–1838), German author
• Johanna "Janneke" Schopman (born 1977), Dutch field hockey player
• Johanna von Schoultz (1813–1863), Finnish opera singer
• Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout (1910–1992), Surinamese poet and community leader
• Johanna "Ans" Schut (born 1944), Dutch speed skater
• Johanna "Jopie" Selbach (1918–1998), Dutch swimmer
• Johanna Spyri (1827–1901), Swiss author of Heidi
• Johanna Sundberg (1828–1910), Swedish ballerina
• Johanna ter Steege (born 1961), Dutch actress
• Johanna Talihärm (born 1993), Estonian biathlete
• Johanna "Hannie" Termeulen (1929–2001), Dutch swimmer
• Johanna Veenstra (1894–1933), American missionary
• Johanna Vergouwen (1630–1714), Flemish Baroque painter and copyist
• Johanna Petronella Vrugt (1905–1960), Dutch writer and poet with the pseudonym Anna Blaman
• Johanna Waterous (born 1957), Canadian businesswoman
• Johanna Wattier (1762–1827), Dutch actress
• Johanna Westerdijk (1883–1961), Dutch plant pathologist, first female professor in the Netherlands

Jóhanna

• Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (born 1942), Iceland's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government of the modern era
• Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, a.k.a. Yohanna, Icelandic singer

Masculine name

• Johanna Omolo (born 1989), Kenyan footballer

Fictional characters

• Johanna, a character in many adaptations of the story of Sweeney Todd, named "Johanna Oakley" in the original version of the tale and "Johanna Barker" in Sondheim's musical adaptation
• a role in August Bournonville's comic ballet The Kermesse in Bruges
• Johanna Mason, a character in the popular Hunger Games series, being mentioned without a name in the first novel and appearing as a main character in Catching Fire and Mockingjay.
• Johanna Reyes, a character in the Divergent series beginning with Insurgent. She is the leader of the Amity faction.
• Johanna, a playable character in the video game Heroes of the Storm.
• Johanna, the motorcycle-shaped persona of Makoto Niijima in Persona 5.
• Johanna, the titular character's mother in Hilda.

Name day

• Latvia: 15 December
• Hungary: 28 March
• Finland: 21 July
• Greece: 7 January
• Poland: 31 May
• Sweden: 21 July
• Estonia: 15 August

See also

• Jane (given name)
• Joan (given name)
• Joanna
• Johannes
• Joke (given name)