Given name
Johnna
“God is gracious”
In English use, Johnna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Johnna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Johnna is used as a feminine counterpart of John.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Johnna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,029
- 0 boys · 10,029 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 617 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,658 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,658 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 35.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 617 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,555 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.
Johnna’s family of names
In English usage, Johnna is a feminine form of John. In English usage, Johnna has a conventional equivalent in the German form Johanna. Johnna has a related form in Johnnie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 19
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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