Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of

Joanna Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from . Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, Jean, and Jeanne. The earliest recorded occurrence of th ...

that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name

Johannes Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as " John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Y ...

. The original Greek form ''Iōanna'' lacks a medial /h/ because in Greek /h/ could only occur initially. For more information on the name's origin, see the article on

Women named Johanna

Johanna Allik Johanna Allik born on 7 April 1994 in Tallinn, is an Estonian figure skater. She initially competed in singles skating and achieved two senior international medals. Additionally, she secured the Estonian national silver medal twice, in 2008 and ...

(born 1994), Estonian figure skater *

Johanna van Ammers-Küller Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form ''Iōanna'' lacks a medial /h/ because in Greek /h/ coul ...

(1884–1966), Dutch writer * Johanna "Hannah" Arendt (1906–1975), German-born American political theorist * Johanna "Jo" Bauer-Stumpff (1873–1964), Dutch painter * Johanna Sophia of Bavaria (c.1373–1410), Duchess consort of Austria *

Johanna Beisteiner Johanna Beisteiner (born 20 February 1976) is an Austrian classical guitarist, Singing, singer, Acting, actress and Arrangement, arranger. Life Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias ...

(born 1976), Austrian classical guitarist * Johanna Berglind (1816–1903), Swedish sign language educator * Jóhanna Bergmann Þorvaldsdóttir, Icelandic farmer *

Johanna Bond Johanna Bond is an American law professor and academic administrator specializing in international human rights law and gender issues. She has served as the dean of Rutgers Law School since 2023. Education Bond earned a B.A. from Colorado Coll ...

, American law professor and academic administrator * Johanna "Annie" Bos (1886–1975), Dutch theater and silent film actress * Johanna van Brabant (1322–1406), Duchess of Brabant *

Johanna Braddy Johanna Braddy is an American actress. She played the leading role in the 2009 horror film '' The Grudge 3'', and has appeared in ''Pop Rocks'' (2004), '' Hurt'' (2009), ''Easy A'' (2010), '' Paranormal Activity 3'' (2011), and '' The Levenger Tap ...

(born 1987), American actress * Johanna Contreras, American public official *

Johanna Corleva Johanna Corleva (1698–1752) was a Dutch translator and grammarian active in the 1740s. She is presumed to be the first female lexicographer from the Netherlands because of her Dutch–French dictionary ''De Schat der Nederduitsche Wortel-woorde ...

(1698–1752), Dutch translator and linguist *

Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie Johanna Eleonora Stenbock (née De la Gardie) (1661 in Hamburg – 1708 in Stockholm), was a Swedish writer, poet, lady-in-waiting and noblewoman. Biography Johanna was a daughter of Pontus Fredrik De la Gardie and Beata Elisabet von Königsm ...

(1661–1708), Swedish writer * Johanna Martina Duyvené de Wit (born 1946), Dutch writer with the pseudonym ''Tessa de Loo'' * Johanna Edwards (born 1978), American novelist *

Johanna Fateman Johanna Rachel Fateman (born May 16, 1974) is an American writer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. She is a member of the electropunk band Le Tigre and founded the band MEN (band), MEN with Le Tigre bandmate JD Samson. Early life an ...

(born 1974), American musician, writer and editor *

Johanna Greie Johanna Greie (1864–1911), also known as Johanna Greie-Cramer, was a German-American writer, socialist, and reformer. Biography Born in Dresden on January 6, 1864 to middle-class parents, her formal education ended after primary school. She m ...

(1864–1911), German-American writer, socialist, and reformer *

Johanna Griggs Johanna Leigh Griggs (born 17 October 1973) is an Australian television presenter and former competitive swimmer. She won a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Griggs has been at the Seven Network since 1993 where she joined ...

(born 1973), Australian sportsperson and television personality *

Johanna van Gogh-Bonger Johanna Gezina van Gogh-Bonger (4 October 1862 – 2 September 1925) was a Dutch editor who translated the hundreds of letters of her first husband, art dealer Theo van Gogh (art dealer), Theo van Gogh, and his brother, Vincent van Gogh. Van ...

(1862–1925), Dutch art dealer, sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh *

Johanna Hedén Johanna Maria Hedén, née Bowall (21 July 1837 – December 1912) was a Swedish midwife, Feldsher (or barber surgeon), apothecary, and barber A barber is a person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave hair or beards ...

(1837–1912), Swedish obstetrician *

Johanna Helena Herolt Johanna Helena Herolt (1 May 1668 – after 1723) was an 18th-century botanical artist from Germany. She was well-known for her paintings similar to her mother, Maria Sibylla Merian, with her draftsmanship. Biography Herolt was the eldest daughte ...

(1668–1723), German-born Dutch still-life painter *

Johanna Jachmann-Wagner Johanna Jachmann-Wagner or Johanna Wagner (13 October 1828 – 16 October 1894) was a mezzo-soprano singer, tragédienne in theatrical drama, and teacher of singing and theatrical performance who won great distinction in Europe during the third ...

(1828–1894), German mezzo-soprano *

Johanna Joseph Johanna Joseph (born January 21, 1992, in Enghien-les-Bains) is a French basketball player who plays for club Flammes Carolo Basket Ardennes of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball The Ligue Féminine de Basketball (LFB; ''Women's Basketball Leag ...

(born 1992), French basketball player *

Johanna July Johanna "Chona" July (c. 18601942) was a skilled horsebreaker and member of the Black Seminole community. Biography Johanna was born near Nacimiento, Mexico in approximately 1860. Her ancestors had been forced to migrate from Florida to Nacimi ...

(c. 1860 – 1942), American horse breaker *

Johanna Kirchner Johanna "Hanna" Kirchner (née Johanna Stunz; 24 April 1889 – 9 June 1944) was a German German resistance to Nazism, opponent of the Nazism, Nazi régime. Life Johanna Stunz came from a social-democratic family from Frankfurt, Hesse-Nassau. ...

(1889–1944), German opponent of the Nazi régime * Johanna Koerten (1650–1715), Dutch silhouette cutter *

Johanna Konta Johanna Konta (born 17 May 1991) is a British-Australian former professional tennis player. Konta won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, along with eleven titles in singles and four in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She was British No. ...

(born 1991), British tennis player * Johanna "Joke" van Leeuwen (born 1952), Dutch author, illustrator, and cabaret performer * Johanna "Anneke" Levelt Sengers (1929–2024), Dutch physicist * Johanna Lind (born 1971), 1993 Miss Sweden * Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer (1664–1737), Dutch writer *

Johanna Lindsey Johanna Helen Lindsey (née Howard, March 10, 1952 – October 27, 2019) was an American writer of historical romance novels. All of her books reached the ''New York Times'' bestseller list, many reaching No. 1. Personal life Johanna He ...

(1952–2019), American author of romance novels *

Johanna Löfblad Johanna Catharina Löfblad née ''Embeck'' or ''Enbäck'' (1733 – 14 September 1811), also known as Madame Gentschein and Madame Löfblad, was a Swedish stage actress. She was a member of the pioneer group of actors in the first Swedish nation ...

(1733–1811), Swedish actress *

Johanna Loisinger Johanna Maria Louise Loisinger (18 April 1865 – 20 July 1951) was an Austrian actress, pianist and operatic soprano singer. She was born in Preßburg, Hungary (today Bratislava), the daughter of John Loisinger and Maria Meier. After she had c ...

(1865–1951), opera singer *

Johanna Long Johanna Robbins (; born May 26, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She last competed part-time in Asphalt Super Late Model competition in 2023 in the No. 10 Toyota Camry for Jett Motorsports. Racing career Background Lo ...

(born 1992), racing driver * Johanna "Hanja" Maij-Weggen (born 1943), Dutch government minister * Johanna Matz (1932–2025), Austrian actress * Johanna Mestorf (1828–1909), German prehistoric archaeologist and museum curator *

Johanna Nichols Johanna Nichols (born 1945, Iowa City, Iowa) is an American linguist and professor emerita in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley. Career She earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics at the Univer ...

(born 1945), American paleolinguist * Johanna van Polanen (1392–1445), Dutch noblewoman * Johanna Ray, American casting director and producer * Johanna Reiss (born 1932), Dutch-born American writer * Johanna Rosaly (born 1948), Puerto Rican actress * Johanna C.M. "Jolande" Sap (born 1963), Dutch politician * Johanna Schaller-Klier (born 1952), retired German Olympic hurdler and Olympic gold medallist * Johanna Schipper (born 1967), Taiwanese-born French comics cartoonist and writer known as "

Johanna Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form ''Iōanna'' lacks a medial /h/ because in Greek Spiritus ...

" *

Johanna Schopenhauer Johanna Schopenhauer (née Trosiener; 9 July 1766 – 17 April 1838) was a German writer and '' salonnière''. She was the mother of the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and author Adele Schopenhauer. Biography Johanna Schopenhauer was born ...

(1766–1838), German author * Johanna "Janneke" Schopman (born 1977), Dutch field hockey player * Johanna von Schoultz (1813–1863), Finnish opera singer *

Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout (11 July 1910 – 23 July 1992) was a Surinamese poet and an eminent community leader who fought for acknowledgement of Sranan and of the Afro-Surinamese culture. Life Schouten-Elsenhout was born in Paramaribo in 1910. S ...

(1910–1992), Surinamese poet and community leader * Johanna "Ans" Schut (born 1944), Dutch speed skater * Johanna Sebauer (born 1988), Austrian writer * Johanna "Jopie" Selbach (1918–1998), Dutch swimmer *

Johanna Spyri Spyri (; ; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book ''Heidi''. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent several summers near Chur i ...

(1827–1901), Swiss author of ''Heidi'' *

Johanna Sundberg Johanna Gustafva Sundberg also known as ''Johanna Gillberg'' (20 January 1828 – 18 February 1910) was a Swedish ballerina and ballet teacher. She was a star of the Royal Swedish Ballet in the mid 19th-century. Life Johanna Sundberg was born a ...

(1828–1910), Swedish ballerina * Johanna ter Steege (born 1961), Dutch actress *

Johanna Talihärm Johanna Talihärm (born 27 June 1993 in Tallinn) is an Estonian biathlon, biathlete. She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. She represented Estonia at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Her brothe ...

(born 1993), Estonian biathlete * Johanna "Hannie" Termeulen (1929–2001), Dutch swimmer * Johanna Veenstra (1894–1933), American missionary * Johanna Vergouwen (1630–1714), Flemish Baroque painter and copyist * Johanna Petronella Vrugt (1905–1960), Dutch writer and poet with the pseudonym ''Anna Blaman'' * Johanna Waterous (born 1957), Canadian businesswoman * Johanna Wattier (1762–1827), Dutch actress * Johanna Westerdijk (1883–1961), Dutch plant pathologist, first female professor in the Netherlands ;Jóhanna *

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (; born 4 October 1942) is an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013. Elected as an MP from 1978 to 2013, she was appointed as Iceland's Minister of Social Affairs and Social ...

(born 1942), Iceland's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government of the modern era *

Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir (born 16 October 1990), known outside Iceland as Yohanna, is an Icelandic singer. Beginning her music career as a child singer, Yohanna received international recognition after representing Iceland in the Eurovis ...

, a.k.a. Yohanna, Icelandic singer

Masculine name

Johanna Omolo Johanna Ochieng Omolo (born 31 July 1989) is a Kenyan professional footballer who last played for the Belgian club Oostende as a defensive midfielder. Club career Born in Nairobi, Omolo spent his early career playing for Coast Stars, Visé, ...

(born 1989), Kenyan footballer

Fictional characters

, a character in many adaptations of the story of

Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial '' The String of Pearls'' (1846–1847). The original tale became a feature of 19th-century melodrama and London legend. A barber from Fleet St ...

, named "Johanna Oakley" in the original version of the tale and "Johanna Barker" in Sondheim's musical adaptation * A role in August Bournonville's comic ballet ''

The Kermesse in Bruges ''The Kermesse in Bruges, or The Three Gifts'' is a burlesque ballet in three acts created by the Danish ballet master and choreographer August Bournonville to music by Holger Simon Paulli, first performed by the Royal Danish Ballet on 4 April ...

'' * Johanna Mason, a character in the popular '' Hunger Games'' series, being mentioned without a name in the first novel and appearing as a main character in '' Catching Fire'' and ''

Mockingjay ''Mockingjay'' is a 2010 dystopian young adult fiction novel by American author Suzanne Collins. It is chronologically the last installment of ''The Hunger Games'' series, following 2008's ''The Hunger Games'' and 2009's '' Catching Fire''. T ...

''. * Johanna Reyes, a character in the '' Divergent'' series beginning with ''

Insurgent An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare against a larger authority. The key descriptive feature of insurgency is its asymmetric nature: small irregular forces face a large, well ...

''. She is the leader of the Amity faction. *Johanna, a playable character in the video game ''

Heroes of the Storm ''Heroes of the Storm'' is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Announced at BlizzCon 2010, it was released on June 2, 2015 for macOS and Windows. The game features various crossover ...

''. *Johanna, the motorcycle-shaped persona of

Makoto Niijima , whose Phantom Thief code name is , is a character in the Persona (series), ''Persona'' series, first appearing in the 2016 video game ''Persona 5'' as one of its main characters. She is voiced by Cherami Leigh in English and Rina Satō in Japan ...

in ''

Persona 5 is a 2016 role-playing video game developed by P-Studio and published by Atlus. The game is the sixth installment in the ''Persona'' series, itself a part of the larger ''Megami Tensei'' franchise. It was released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStat ...

''. *Johanna, the titular character's mother in '' Hilda''.

Name day

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

: 15 December *

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

: 28 March *

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

: 21 July *

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

: 7 January *

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

: 31 May *

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

: 21 July *

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

: 15 August

Women named Johanna

Masculine name

Fictional characters

Name day

See also