Ioana or Oana is a female given name of Romanian origin. It is the equivalent of the English name

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, and the male version John, all of which derive from the

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name Yohanan. A common diminutive is

Ionela Lonela is a Romanian feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Lonela Loaieş (born 1979), Romanian artistic gymnast * Lonela Stanca-Galca (born 1981), Romanian team handball player * Lonela Târlea (born 1976), Romanian track an ...

. People with this name include: * Ioana Ciolacu * Ioana Maria Aluaş * Ioana Badea *

Ioana Bortan Ioana Andrada Bortan (born 23 January 1989) is a Romanian football midfielder and manager currently under contract with Olimpia Cluj in the Romanian First League. She has played the Champions League with CFF Clujana and Olimpia, and she is a mem ...

* Ioana Bulcă * Ioana Craciun * Ioana Diaconescu * Ioana Flora * Ioana Gașpar * Ioana Mihalache *

Ioana Raluca Olaru Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. The winner of 11 singles and 15 doubles ITF titles, Olaru reached one WTA singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,WTA TourPetkovic, Olaru Into Final(25 Jul ...

* Ioana Olteanu * Ioana Papuc * Ioana Pârvulescu *

Ioana Petcu-Colan Ioana Petcu-Colan is an Irish violinist of Romanian origin, currently living in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Biography Ioana Petcu-Colan, born in January 1978 in Cork, Ireland is the daughter of Adrian Petcu and of Ruxandra Colan-P ...

Ioana Petrescu Ioana Maria Petrescu (born July 1, 1980) is a Romanian economist who served as the country's Finance Minister. She is a public policy scholar at Harvard Kennedy School and runs a Romanian NGO "Pur si Simplu Verde" that supports local governments ...

Ioana Stanciulescu Ioana or Oana is a female given name of Romanian origin. It is the equivalent of the English name Joan, and the male version John, all of which derive from the Hebrew name Yohanan. A common diminutive is Ionela. People with this name include: ...

(born 2004), a Romanian artistic gymnast *

Ioana Tudoran Ioana Tudoran (born 3 August 1948) is a retired Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary ...

Oana Andrei Roxana Oana Andrei (born 14 June 1987) is Romanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Romania 2013 and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2013 pageant in Moscow. Early life Till she was crowned as Mis ...

Oana Ban Oana Mihaela Ban (born 11 January 1986 in Cluj-Napoca) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic gold medalist with the team and a world silver medalist on beam and with the team. Her best events were the floor and the balance bea ...

Oana Chirilă Ioana or Oana is a female given name of Romanian origin. It is the equivalent of the English name Joan, and the male version John, all of which derive from the Hebrew name Yohanan. A common diminutive is Ionela. Persons with this name include: ...

Oana Corina Constantin Oana Corina Constantin (born 12 November 1991 in Constanța, Romania) is a retired senior Romanian aerobic gymnast.Oana Gregory Oana Gregory (born Oana Andreea Grigoruț; January 9, 1996) is a Romanian-American actress. Established in the United States since October 2002, Gregory became internationally known for roles in Disney productions such as ''Kickin' It'', ''Lab ...

Oana Manea Oana Andreea Lefter (née: Manea; born 18 April 1985) is a former handball. She retired from the Romania national team in 2016. Her father, Dumitru Manea was a football player. She was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' (" Honorary Cit ...

Oana Niculescu-Mizil Oana Niculescu-Mizil Ștefănescu (born August 11, 1975) is a Romanian politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2000, with an interlude as an independent during 2012, she sat in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Buchares ...

* Oana Pantelimon * Oana Paveluc *

Oana Pellea Oana Dariana Pellea (born 29 January 1962) is a Romanian actress, the daughter of actor Amza Pellea Amza Pellea (; 7 April 1931 – 12 December 1983) was a Romanian actor noted for playing Romanian national heroes on film. He was born in B ...

* Oana Petrovschi

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