Given name & surname
Ioanna
Ioanna is a given name from Polish. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Latin use, Ioanna has a related form in Joanna. An origin associated with Joanna is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Latin use, Ioanna has a related form in Joanna. The history of Joanna gives this family its wider story. Joanna was in use during the Middle Ages.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ioanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 592
- 0 boys · 592 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #5,996 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,996 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 919 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ioanna’s family of names
In Latin usage, Ioanna has a later derivative in Jean. In English usage, Ioanna has a related form in Janice. In Filipino usage, Ioanna has a related form in Jean.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ioanna has relatives in 5 languages.
9 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ioanna
- Ioanna ChatziioannouGreek weightlifterborn 1973
- Ioanna StamatopoulouGreek water polo playerborn 1998
- Ioanna KarystianiGreek screenwriterborn 1952
- Ioanna TsatsouGreek writer and poet (1904–2000)
- Ioanna PapantoniouGreek author, scenic designer, costume designer and folklorist (1936–2026)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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