Joannah
Girl · jo-AN-a · Hebrew
Joannah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Joannah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Joanna; Latin feminine of John
“God is gracious”
In Luke's Gospel, Joanna is one of the women who find Jesus's tomb empty.
- Say it
- jo-AN-a
Meaning borrowed from Joanna. More on Wiktionary.
Is Joannah a girl's or a boy's name?
Joannah is a girls' name.
How popular is Joannah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.
Half of all the girls named Joannah in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joannah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
Nicknames for Joannah
Names like Joannah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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