Entry № 4974 · German origin

Johanna Johanna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ yoh-HAH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
German
Meaning
"God is gracious (Johanna Spyri, author of Heidi)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (German)

A name that means "god is gracious (johanna spyri, author of heidi)".

Johanna is the German feminine of Johannes (John) — from the Hebrew Yochanan ("God is gracious"). Johanna Spyri (1827-1901) — Swiss author of Heidi (1881) — among the best-selling books in the history of literature, with 50+ million copies sold across 50+ languages and continuous adaptations in film, TV, and stage for 140+ years; the title character's journey from her grandfather's Alpine cabin to the Sesemann household in Frankfurt and back has shaped generations of children's literature worldwide. Johanna Bordon — Mexican gymnast; Sydney 2000 Olympics. Johanna Petrini — Italian basketball player. Johanna Doderer — Austrian composer. Saint Joan of Arc's mother was Isabelle Romée; Joan herself in Latin is Iohanna — so Johanna shares the Latin liturgical form with the patron saint of France.

God is gracious.

The name in its native script.

Johanna
Transliteration
Johanna
Pronunciation
/ joʊˈhæn.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Johanna stands.

Johanna does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Johannas before her.

Real people
Johanna Spyri
Swiss author of Heidi.
1827 – 1901
Johanna Konta
British tennis player.
born 1991
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Icelandic PM 2009-2013.
born 1942
In fiction
Johanna Mason
The Hunger Games.
2009

Names connected to Johanna.

The number behind Johanna.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Johanna reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.