Given name & surname
Yohana
“God is gracious”
Yohana is a variant of Yoana. In Hebrew use, Yoana carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Original GermanJohannes
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yohana is a variant of Yoana. In Hebrew use, Yoana carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swahili usage, Yohana developed from Johann.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yohana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,417
- 7 boys · 1,410 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 65 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #3,573 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 43 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,573 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 65 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,344 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.
Yohana’s family of names
In Swahili usage, Yohana developed from the German form Johann. In Swahili usage, Yohana has a conventional equivalent in the English form John. In Swahili usage, Yohana has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jean.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Yohana has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yohana
- Yohana CoboSpanish actress (1985-)
- Yohana YembiseMinister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection in Indonesiaborn 1958
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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