Given name
Johana
Johana is used as a given name. Johana is connected with Joanna.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Johana is a form of Joanna. An origin associated with Joanna is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Czech use, Johana is used as a form of Joanna.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Johana is a form of Joanna. The history of Joanna gives this family its wider story. Joanna was in use during the Middle Ages. In Czech use, Johana shares an earlier linguistic root with Jane. The history of Jane gives this family its wider story. Lady Jane Grey is one of the name’s historical bearers. In fiction, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre gave it a lasting nineteenth-century association; the novel appeared in 1847.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Johana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,978
- 11 boys · 6,967 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 329 babies
- 2025
- 80
- #2,287 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 80 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,287 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 329 in 2005. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,968 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.
Johana’s family of names
Johana has a short form in Hana. Johana shares a linguistic root with Jane. In Czech usage, Johana has a conventional equivalent in the English form Joan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Johana has relatives in 7 languages.
10 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Johana
- Joanna of Rožmitálqueen of Bohemia1430–1475
- Johana MorenoColombian hammer throwerborn 1985
- Johana BahamónColombian actress (born 1982)
- Johana RivaUruguayn modelborn 1990
- Johana FuenmayorVenezuelan fencerborn 1979
- Johana OrdóñezOlympic race walkerborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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