Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from Koine Greek Iōanna from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה meaning "God is gracious". Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne

Joanne

Joanne is a common given name for females, being a variant of Joanna, the feminine form of John; derived from the Latin name Johanna with the meaning in Hebrew of "God is gracious"...

, and Johanna

Johanna

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...

. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane

Jane (given name)

Jane is a feminine given name. It is the English form of the Old French name Jehanne, which was an old feminine form of the male name Johannes or Ioannes , a Latin form of the Greek name , which is derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן , a short form of the name יְהוֹחָנָן , meaning "Yahweh is...

, Janet, Janice

Janice (given name)

Janice is a feminine given name, an extended version of Jane. Jane is one of the feminine forms of John in English. The meaning of "Janice" is "God is gracious" .-List of people with the given name Janice:...

, Jean

Jean (female given name)

Jean is a common female given name in English-speaking countries. It is the Scottish form of Jane . It is sometimes spelt Jeaine...

, and Jeanne.

The earliest recorded occurrence of the name Joanna, in Luke 8:3, refers to the disciple "Joanna

Saint Joanna

Saint Joanna was one of the women associated with the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth, often considered to be one of the disciples who later became an apostle . In the Bible, she is one of the women recorded in the Gospel of Luke as accompanying Jesus and the twelve: "Mary, called Magdalene, .....

 the wife of Chuza," who was an associate of Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene was one of Jesus' most celebrated disciples, and the most important woman disciple in the movement of Jesus. Jesus cleansed her of "seven demons", conventionally interpreted as referring to complex illnesses...

. Her name as given is Greek in form, although it ultimately originated from the Hebrew masculine name יְהוֹחָנָן Yehôḥānān or יוֹחָנָן Yôḥānān meaning 'God is gracious'. In Greek this name became Ιωαννης Iōannēs, from which Iōanna was derived by giving it a feminine ending. The original Latin form Joanna was used in English to translate the equivalents in other languages; for example, Juana la Loca

Joanna of Castile

Joanna , nicknamed Joanna the Mad , was the first queen regnant to reign over both the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon , a union which evolved into modern Spain...

 is known in English as Joanna the Mad. The variant form Johanna originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The Greek form lacks a medial -h- because in Greek /h/ could only occur initially.

The Hebrew name יוֹחָנָה was borne by men in earlier centuries, but in modern usage it has become feminine, to provide a Hebrew equivalent for the name Joanna and its variants. The Christian Arabic form of John is يوحنّا , based on the Syriac form of the name. For Joanna, Arabic translations of the Bible use يونّا Yuwannā based on Syriac ܝܘܚܢ Yoanna, which in turn is based on the Greek form Iōanna.

Sometimes in modern English Joanna is reinterpreted as a compound of the two names Jo and Anna, and therefore given a spelling like JoAnna, Jo-Anna, or Jo Anna. However, the original name Joanna is a single unit, not a compound. The names Hannah

Hannah (given name)

Hannah is a personal name, also spelt Hanna, Hana, or Chana, deriving from the Hebrew language חַנָּה , meaning "He has favoured me/favours me ", or "gracious". The name is biblical as it is the name of the mother of the prophet Samuel...

, Anna

Anna (name)

Anna is a Latin form of the Greek name Greek Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah . Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Anne, originally a French version of the name, though in use in English speaking countries for hundreds of years, and Ann, which was originally the...

, Anne, Ann are etymologically related to Joanna just the same: they are derived from Hebrew חַנָּה 'grace' from the same verbal root meaning 'to be gracious'.

In other languages

• Amharic
  Amharic language
  Amharic is a Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia. It is the second most-spoken Semitic language in the world, after Arabic, and the official working language of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Thus, it has official status and is used nationwide. Amharic is also the official or working...
  
   - ዮሐና Yohäna
• Arabic
  Arabic language
  Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
  
   - يُوَنّا Yuwannā
• Armenian
  Armenian language
  The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora...
  
   - Յովհաննա (Hovhanna), Օհաննա (Ōhanna)
• Breton
  Breton language
  Breton is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany , France. Breton is a Brythonic language, descended from the Celtic British language brought from Great Britain to Armorica by migrating Britons during the Early Middle Ages. Like the other Brythonic languages, Welsh and Cornish, it is classified as...
  
   - Janed
• Bulgarian
  Bulgarian language
  Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
  
   - Йоана (Yoana), Ивана (Ivana), Яна (Yana), diminutive: Яниџa (Yanizza, Yanitza, Yanitsa)
• Catalan
  Catalan language
  Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
  
   - Joana
• Chinese
  Chinese language
  The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
  
   - Modern Qiáo ān nuó (literally 'tall, peaceful, graceful'), Biblical Yāo yà ná
• Croatian
  Croatian language
  Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
  
   - Ivana, Jana
• Czech
  Czech language
  Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
  
   - Jana
• Danish
  Danish language
  Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
  
   - Johanne
• Dutch
  Dutch language
  Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
  
   - Joanna, diminutive Joke
  Joke (given name)
  Joke is a given name, a short form of the female Johanneke or the male Johannes, and may refer to:*Joke Jay, German electronic DJ and artist*Joke Kleijweg , Dutch long-distance runner...
  
  
• Finnish
  Finnish language
  Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
  
   - Johanna
  Johanna
  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...
  
  , Joanna
• French
  French language
  French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
  
   - Jeanne, diminutive Jeannette, Janine
  Janine
  - Fictional characters :* Janine Butcher, in EastEnders* Janine Nebeski, in Bad Girls* Janine , in the Pokémon universe* Janine Melnitz, in the Ghostbusters films* Janine Stifler, aka Stifler's Mom, in the American Pie film series...
  
  , Old French - Jehane
• Georgian
  Georgian language
  Georgian is the native language of the Georgians and the official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus.Georgian is the primary language of about 4 million people in Georgia itself, and of another 500,000 abroad...
  
   - იოანნა Ioanna
• German
  German language
  German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
  
   - Johanna, diminutive Hanne
  Hanne
  Hanne may refer to:* Hanne Blank , American historian, writer, editor and public speaker* Hanne Harlem , Norwegian politician* Hanne Haugland , Norwegian high jumper* Hanne Hiob , German actress...
  
  
• Greek
  Greek language
  Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
  
   - (Ioanna), Modern Greek
  Modern Greek
  Modern Greek refers to the varieties of the Greek language spoken in the modern era. The beginning of the "modern" period of the language is often symbolically assigned to the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453, even though that date marks no clear linguistic boundary and many characteristic...
  
   - Γιάννα (Giánna), diminutive Γιαννούλα Yannoula
• Hebrew
  Hebrew language
  Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
  
   - יוחנה , יוהנה Yohannah
• Hungarian
  Hungarian language
  Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
  
   - Johanna, Jana, diminutive Hanna, Janka
• Icelandic
  Icelandic language
  Icelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the...
  
   - Jóhanna
• Irish
  Irish language
  Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
  
   - Siobhán
  Siobhán
  Siobhán , is a female Irish name. It is an Irish form of Joan, which is derived from the Anglo-Norman Jehanne. Joan is the female form of John....
  
   (after French Jeanne), diminutive Sinéad
  Sinéad
  Sinéad , is an Irish feminine name. The name is derived from the French Jeanette, which is cognate to the English Janet; both these names trace back to the Old French Jeanne, Jehanne. Traced further back, these names are ultimately derived from the masculine Hebrew name Johanan, meaning "God is...
  
   (after French Jeannette)
• Italian
  Italian language
  Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
  
   - Giovanna, diminutive Gianna
  Gianna
  Gianna is a female Italian given name, a form of Giovanna, see "John " for the origin.For people known by this name name see -Variations:*Giana*Gia*Giovanna*Janeshe is the angel from the heavens above...
  
  , Giannina, Vanna, Nina, Zana, Ivana
• Latin
  Latin
  Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
  
   - Joanna, Johanna
• Lithuanian
  Lithuanian language
  Lithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad. Lithuanian is a Baltic language, closely related to Latvian, although they...
  
   - Joana
• Malayalam
  Malayalam language
  Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...
  
   േയാഹന്നാ Yōhannā
• Polish
  Polish language
  Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
  
   - Joanna, diminutive Joasia, Asia, Asieńka, Aśka, Asiunia
• Portuguese
  Portuguese language
  Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
  
   - Joana
• Romanian
  Romanian language
  Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
  
   - Ioana
• Russian
  Russian language
  Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
  
   - Яна (Yana), Жанна (Zhanna), Иoaннa (Ioanna, Hebrew form), Yana's diminutive: Янина (Yanina), Яника (Yanika)
• Serbian
  Serbian language
  Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
  
   - Јована (Jovana), diminutive Јованка (Jovanka)
• Slovak
  Slovak language
  Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
  
   - Jana
• Slovenian
  Slovenian language
  Slovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic language spoken by approximately 2.5 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. It is the first language of about 1.85 million people and is one of the 23 official and working languages of the European Union...
  
   - Jana
• Spanish
  Spanish language
  Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
  
   - Juana
  Juana
  Juana is a Spanish female first name. It is the feminine form of Juan, and thus corresponds to the English names Jane, Joanna, Janet, Jean, and Joan. Juanita is a common diminutive.Some famous bearers of this name include:*Juana Azurduy de Padilla...
  
  , diminutive Juanita
• Swedish
  Swedish language
  Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
  
   - Johanna, diminutive Hanna
• Syriac
  Syriac language
  Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. Having first appeared as a script in the 1st century AD after being spoken as an unwritten language for five centuries, Classical Syriac became a major literary language throughout the Middle East from...
  
   - ܝܘܚܢ Yoanna
• Tamil
  Tamil language
  Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
  
   - யோவன்னா Yōvannā
• Welsh
  Welsh language
  Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
  
   - Siân

Religion

• Saint Joanna
  Saint Joanna
  Saint Joanna was one of the women associated with the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth, often considered to be one of the disciples who later became an apostle . In the Bible, she is one of the women recorded in the Gospel of Luke as accompanying Jesus and the twelve: "Mary, called Magdalene, .....
  
  , one of the women associated with the ministry of Mary Magdalene. She brought myrrh to Christ's sepulcher and discovered the empty tomb (Luke 24:10).

Royals and noblewomen

• Joanna of Flanders
  Joanna of Flanders
  Joanna of Flanders , also known as, Countess Jeanne, Jehanne de Montfort, and Jeanne la Flamme, was consort Duchess of Brittany by her marriage to John IV, Duke of Brittany...
  
  , Duchess of Brittany
• Joanna, Duchess of Brabant
  Joanna, Duchess of Brabant
  Joanna, Duchess of Brabant , also known as Jeanne, was the heiress of Duke John III, who died in Brussels, December 5, 1355. Her mother was Marie d'Évreux.- Family :...
  
  
• Joanna I of Naples
  Joan I of Naples
  Joan I , born Joanna of Anjou, was Queen of Naples from 1343 until her death. She was also Countess of Provence and Forcalquier, Queen consort of Majorca and titular Queen of Jerusalem and Sicily 1343–82, and Princess of Achaea 1373/5–81....
  
  
• Joanna II of Naples
  Joan II of Naples
  Joan II was Queen of Naples from 1414 to her death, upon which the senior Angevin line of Naples became extinct. As a mere formality, she used the title of Queen of Jerusalem, Sicily, and Hungary....
  
  
• Joanna of Navarre, consort of King Henry IV of England
• Saint Joana, Crown Princess of Portugal
  Joana, Crown Princess of Portugal
  Blessed Joan of Portugal , was a Portuguese saint, Regent and princess of the House of Aviz, daughter of King Afonso V of Portugal and his first wife Isabella of Coimbra....
  
  
• Joanna of Castile
  Joanna of Castile
  Joanna , nicknamed Joanna the Mad , was the first queen regnant to reign over both the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon , a union which evolved into modern Spain...
  
  , queen regnant of Castile, known as Joanna the Mad
• Jeanne
  Jeanne, Countess of Flanders
  right|thumb|Statue of Joan of FlandersJoan, called of Constantinople was countess of Flanders and Hainaut....
  
  , Countess of Flanders

Other women named Joanna

• Joanna Angel
  Joanna Angel
  Joanna Angel is an American alternative pornographic actress, director and writer of adult films. She used her real first name of Joanna for her stage name.-Early life:...
  
  , US porn actress
• Joanna Baillie
  Joanna Baillie
  Joanna Baillie was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Baillie was very well known during her lifetime and, though a woman, intended her plays not for the closet but for the stage. Admired both for her literary powers and her sweetness of disposition, she hosted a brilliant literary society in her...
  
  , Scottish poet and playwright
• Joanna Cameron
  Joanna Cameron
  Joanna Kara Cameron, sometimes listed as JoAnna Cameron, is an American actress who played the title role in the children's television program The Secrets of Isis.-Early life:...
  
  , an American actress who played Isis
  Isis
  Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...
  
   on The Secrets of Isis
• Joanna Cassidy
  Joanna Cassidy
  Joanna Cassidy is an American film and television actress. She is known for her role as the replicant Zhora in the Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner...
  
  , American actress
• Joanna Garcia
  Joanna García
  Joanna Leanna García is an American television and film actress. She is known for her portrayal of Cheyenne Hart Montgomery on The CW sitcom Reba...
  
  , American actress
• Joanna Gleason
  Joanna Gleason
  Joanna Gleason is a Canadian actress and singer. She is a Tony Award-winning musical theatre actress and has also had a number of notable film and TV roles.-Early life:...
  
  , Canadian actress
• Joanna Gosling
  Joanna Gosling
  Joanna Marie Mussett Gosling is a television news presenter, broadcast journalist and author. She presents on the United Kingdom rolling news channel BBC News, as well as occasionally on the Saturday evening and late editions of the BBC Weekend News on BBC One...
  
  , British journalist
• Joanna "Jojo" Hernandez, appeared in the first season of The Oxygen Network's reality show The Bad Girls Club
  The Bad Girls Club
  Bad Girls Club is an American reality television series created by Jonathan Murray for Oxygen. The show centers on seven mischievous and rebellious women from different backgrounds and personalities who have a number of psychological and behavioral problems. They are introduced to the show to...
  
  .
• Joanna Kerns
  Joanna Kerns
  Joanna Kerns is an American actress and director best known for her role as Maggie Seaver on the family situation comedy Growing Pains from 1985-1992.-Early life:...
  
  , an American actress who played Maggie Seaver on Growing Pains
  Growing Pains
  Growing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September 24, 1985 to April 25, 1992.-Synopsis:The show's premise is based...
  
  .
• Joanna Krupa
  Joanna Krupa
  Joanna Krupa is a Polish-American model and actress. Krupa was born in Warsaw, Poland. She has a younger sister, Marta Krupa, also a model. Joanna Krupa moved to India, Delhi, Illinois, with her family at the age of five...
  
  , a Polish model and actress
• Joanna Levesque, an American singer; credited as Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque in her acting career
• Joanna Lumley
  Joanna Lumley
  Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS is a British actress, voice-over artist, former-model and author, best known for her roles in British television series Absolutely Fabulous portraying Edina Monsoon's best friend, Patsy Stone, as well as parts in The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel, and Sensitive...
  
  , English actress and former model
• Joanna MacGregor
  Joanna MacGregor
  Joanna MacGregor is a classical, jazz and contemporary pianist.-Biography:MacGregor grew up in North London, and was educated at home by her Seventh-day Adventist parents until she attended South Hampstead High School at the age of 11. Her mother is a piano teacher who studied at the Royal...
  
  , classical jazz and contemporary pianist
• Joanna Newsom
  Joanna Newsom
  Joanna Newsom is an American harpist, pianist and singer-songwriter from Nevada City, California.- Early life :Newsom grew up in the small town of Nevada City, California...
  
  , an American harpist, singer, and songwriter
• Joanna Pacitti
  Joanna Pacitti
  Joanna Pacitti is an American singer and lead vocalist in the band City State.-Theater:In 1996, at age 12, Pacitti was chosen to star in the 20th anniversary revival of the musical Annie after entering a contest sponsored by the department store Macy's...
  
  , a singer, known simply as Joanna
• Joanna Page
  Joanna Page
  Joanna Louise Page is a Welsh actress, best known for playing Stacey in the television series, Gavin and Stacey.-Early and personal life:...
  
  , Welsh actress
• Joanna Pacuła, a Polish actress
• Joanna Russ
  Joanna Russ
  Joanna Russ was an American writer, academic and feminist. She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as How to Suppress Women's Writing, as well as a contemporary novel, On Strike Against God, and one children's book, Kittatinny...
  
  , an American science fiction author known for her writing on radical feminist themes, author of The Female Man
  The Female Man
  The Female Man is a feminist science fiction novel written by Joanna Russ. It was originally written in 1970 and first published in 1975. Russ was an avid feminist and challenged sexist views during the 1970s with her novels, short stories, and nonfiction works...
  
  
• Joanna Scanlan
  Joanna Scanlan
  Joanna Scanlan is a Welsh actress and television writer, best known for her roles in various British comedy series, such as The Thick of It, Doctors and Nurses, Getting On and Little Britain.-Getting On:...
  
  , English actress and television writer
• Joanna Smolarek
  Joanna Smolarek
  Joanna Smolarek is a former female track and field sprinter from Poland, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She set her personal best in the women's 100 metres event in 1988.-References:*...
  
  , a Polish track and field sprinter
• Joanna Southcott
  Joanna Southcott
  Joanna Southcott , was a self-described religious prophetess. She was born at Gittisham in Devon, England.-Self-revelation:...
  
  , English prophetess
• Joanna Stone
  Joanna Stone
  Joanna Stone-Nixon is a retired javelin thrower, who represented Australia twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She is best known for winning the silver medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece...
  
  , an Australian javelin thrower
• Joanna Sutton
  Joanna Sutton
  Joanna Sutton is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. Sutton previously played for the Sydney Swifts and the AIS Canberra Darters in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She is of Rotuman and Australian parentage. She is the sister of National...
  
  , an Australian
  Australian people
  Australian people, or simply Australians, are the citizens of Australia. Australia is a multi-ethnic nation, and therefore the term "Australian" is not a racial identifier. Aside from the Indigenous Australian population, nearly all Australians or their ancestors immigrated within the past 230 years...
  
   netball
  Netball
  Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
  
   player.
• Joanna Yeates
  Murder of Joanna Yeates
  Joanna Clare "Jo" Yeates was a landscape architect from Hampshire, England, who went missing on 17 December 2010 in Bristol after an evening out with colleagues...
  
  , an English landscape architect and victim in a high-profile 2010 murder case

External links

• "Joanna" at Edgar's Name Pages - with history, naming frequency statistics, related names, and famous namebearers
• Icons of St. Joanna the Myrrh-Bearer here and here