Given name
Yoanna
“God is gracious”
Yoanna is a variant of Yoana. In Hebrew use, Yoana carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yoanna is a variant of Yoana. In Hebrew use, Yoana carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yoanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 673
- 0 boys · 673 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,903 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −34%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,903 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 34.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 822 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yoanna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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