Given name
Jahanna
“a woman of the world”
Jahanna is a variant of Jahana. In Iranian use, Jahana carries the interpretation “a woman of the world.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jahanna is a variant of Jahana. In Iranian use, Jahana carries the interpretation “a woman of the world.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jahanna connects to the Jahan name family through Jahana. An origin associated with Jahan is Indian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jahanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 189
- 0 boys · 189 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 204 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.
Jahanna’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Jahanna has a conventional equivalent in the German form Johanna. Jahanna has a related form in Jahana.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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