Johanna is a girl's name of German origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 318 girls in the United States.
Johanna belongs to the German and Scandinavian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Johanna first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #180 in 1883, and in 2024 318 babies received the name — 53,933 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Johanna is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its German origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Johanna is a girl name. In 2024, 318 babies received the name in the US.
Johanna comes from the German and Scandinavian tradition.
Johanna first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #180 in 1883, and 318 babies were given the name in 2024.
Johanna is pronounced /d͡ʒəʊˈænə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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