Joanne
Meaning
“God is gracious”
Joanne around the world
One shared root links 47 names across 10 languages.
Shared root: from Hebrew Yochanan "God is gracious", carried through Greek Ioannes and Latin Iohannes into nearly every European language
The constellation
37 more branches of this family
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Joanne peaked in the 1930s and the 1960s in nearly equal measure.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
729 people · the #10,311 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 250,000 · median age 24
Among people named Joanne living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 33 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Joanne
Most people given the name Joanne in the United States were born between 1940 and 1969. The Joanne you meet today is most often in her 60s or 70s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Joanne deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Joanne truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Joanne fits with your family’s names and surname.
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