Given name · also Old Galician-Portuguese
Xoana
“God is gracious”
Xoana is a feminine given name from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Galician.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Xoana goes back to Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh), meaning “God is gracious.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Xoana comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Galician-Portuguese Johanna, from Latin Johanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα, from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, “God is gracious”).
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2024. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Xoana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 0 boys · 17 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,880 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,880 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Xoana’s family of names
In Galician usage, Xoana has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jeanne. In Galician usage, Xoana has a conventional equivalent in the English form Joanna. In Galician usage, Xoana has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Juana.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Xoana has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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