Yohanna name meaning

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Updated: May 30th, 2024
Gender: Girl
Origin: Hebrew and Old Norse
Usage: Tamil
Pronunciation: yo-hanna
Meaning: God is Merciful
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Yohanna meaning and origin

What does Yohanna mean?

Unconventional Yohanna has its origin in Hebrew and Old Norse languages is used as a baby girl name which is majorly used in Tamil, Yohanna means "God is Merciful". Yohanna is form of prominent and long standing Jeanne.

Jeanne is French equivalent of Johanna. Also Jeanne is English and French cognate of Jane. Jeanne is also French and English equivalent of Jean. Jeanne is also English, Dutch and French cognate of Jeanine.

Meaning of Jeanne is God is Gracious, Yahweh is Gracious and The Lord is Gracious is rooted from Hebrew. Yohanna is a spelling variant of Iona. Iona is version of JeanneIone.

Unwonted Iona majorly is used in Irish, English and Scottish has origin in Old Greek, Old Norse and Hebrew, meaning of Iona is "Flower Name, Dove and Purple Gem". It is celebrated on May 8th or May 30th.

How do I pronounce Yohanna?

The two syllabled name Yohanna is pronounced, yo-hanna. Some people pronounce it as yoha(n)-na.

Variants of Yohanna

Jeanne, Jehanne, Ieuan, Johanan, Johanna, Jane, Jean, Jeanine, Evane, Ivane, Janette, Janina, Joannie, Jeannemarie

How popular is the name Yohanna?

Yohanna is a unique baby name in United States, it has been in use since 1972 and was able to reach the top 4000 names. Recently in 2017, it ranked 3221st when 49 girls were named Yohanna.

There are over 709 babies that have been given the name Yohanna in United States. Yohanna is an uncommon baby name in still in use in England and Wales. During its 48 years of usage in France, it had made up to just the top 900 girl names.

Over 472 babies in France have been named Yohanna.

But Yohanna is a popular baby name in Nigeria where every 1 in 6000 have the name as well as in Venezuela.

According to our evaluation, over 50000 babies have been named Yohanna globally.

YearRankBirths
2023325749
2022270763
2021371140
2020383037
2019383738
2018378339
2017323649
2016398437
2015370041
2014336447
View more ▾View full list ▾[1] Source: Social Security Administration

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What numbers say about Yohanna?

You are smart but prefer to play dumb to get things. Your intellectual mind is always generating new creative ideas. You don't take them seriously because of their mediocre lives. Even if you prefer others to do the heavy lifting for you, there's no doubt you can handle it yourself. You try to teach others to follow your example and work hard on their dreams but they ignore you, thinking you are losing time.

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Famous people named Yohanna

  • Yohanna Barnaba Abdallah, clergyman and historian of the Yao people of central Africa
  • Yohanna Logan, American fashion designer
  • Yohanna Schwertfeger in Perpetum Mobile as Actress
  • Yohanna Idha in Angry as Actress
  • Yohanna Farrell-Knight portrayed pivotal role of or segment "I'm Julie" in 2011 adventure and biography film A Moment of Youth.

Sources

  1. Social Security Administration, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html
  2. Office for National Statistics, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths
  3. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2540004
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