Given name & surname
Yohanna
“God is gracious”
Yohanna is a variant of Yoana. In Hebrew use, Yoana carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yohanna 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 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yohanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,025
- 0 boys · 1,025 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 65 babies
- 2025
- 38
- #3,901 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +19%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 38 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,901 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 19.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,449 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.
Yohanna’s family of names
Yohanna has a related form in Yoana.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Yohanna
- Yohanna IdhaSwedish actressborn 1978
- Yohanna Barnaba AbdallahYao priest, missionary and writer1870–1924
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.