Given name

Jóhanna

Jóhanna is a feminine given name. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.

Meaning & origin

How it developed

In Icelandic usage, Jóhanna is a feminine form of Jóhannes.

Jóhanna’s family of names

In Faroese usage, Jóhanna shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form JOHANNE. In Icelandic usage, Jóhanna has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jeanne. In German usage, Jóhanna has a related form in Johanna.

Walk Jóhanna’s family in the name graph

JóhannaJohánnáJohannaJóannaJaneJoannaJoanJoanneJeanneJohanaJoanaHanneloreJohanneHannieSiwanIohannaSiobhánJóhannes

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Jóhanna has relatives in 5 languages.

Icelandic

6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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