Forename Joana

Globally, Joana (Joana , Жанна , جوانا , along with others...) is a widespread feminine first name. The forename Joana is characteristic of Portugal, where it is a common feminine name, Cabo Verde, and Brazil (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, the name is most common in Brazil, Russia, and Portugal. Very seldom, Joana is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Joana is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Joana

name Johanna, name Joanne, name Hannelis, name Яана, name Siobhán, name Hannelore, name Йоана, name שיבון, name جوان, name Иоанна, name Жана, name Йоханна, name Ханнелоре, name Siwan, name Joàna, name Жанна, name Iohanna, name Jóhanna, name Joána, name خوانا, name Сиван, name Johana, name Juana, name Хуана, name Xoana, name Ιωάννα, name Joana, name Joanna, name Жоана, name Joan, name Іванна, name Joaná, name Joànà, name Joãna, name Іоанна, name Йохана, name שבאן, name Ioanna, name Иоганна, name Джоанн, name Hannie, name שבון, name ג'ואנה, name Джоан, name Юханна, name ג'ואן, name Jôana, name הנלורה, name Ханни, name Джоанна, name Йоанна, name Жуана, name جوانا, name ジョアン, name Шиван

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Joana	Philippines, Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mexico
Жанна	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, United States
جوانا	Iraq, Jordan, Sudan, Syria, Saudi Arabia
Йоана	Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria
Жоана	Ukraine

First names said to be same

Hannelis, Hannelore, Hannie, Ioanna, Iohanna, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Joaná, Johana, Johanna, Joàna, Joànà, Joána, Joãna, Juana, Jóhanna, Jôana, Siobhán, Siwan, Xoana, Ιωάννα, Джоан, Джоанн, Джоанна, Жана, Жуана, Иоанна, Иоганна, Йоанна, Йохана, Йоханна, Сиван, Ханнелоре, Ханни, Хуана, Шиван, Юханна, Яана, Іванна, Іоанна, ג'ואן, ג'ואנה, הנלורה, שבאן, שבון, שיבון, جوان, خوانا, ジョアン,

First name Joana in the context

Joana is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ash Williams , the fictional character from the Evil Dead series, Army of Darkness; Joanna, wife of Chuza , the Saint of Holy land; Jo Harvelle , the fictional character in the TV series Supernatural; Joanna Dark , the character from Perfect Dark, Perfect Dark Zero and Gene Belcher , the fictional character from the television series Bob's Burgers, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	joana atte ford (1320-1349) (b. 1320)
	joana d'empúries ES (b. 1330)
	joana de castro Portuguese noblewoman (1410-1479) (b. 1410)
	joana de rocabertí i de fenollet (b. 1358)
	joana de portugal, rainha de castela Portuguese infanta, PT (b. 1439)
	joana d'urgell (b. 1415)
	joana da guerra Portuguese noblewoman (b. 1454)
	joana d'orleans (1462-1520) (b. 1462)
	joana de eça (b. 1467)
	joana de eça Portuguese courtier (b. 1480)
	joana vaz (b. 1500)
	joana da gama 16th Century Portuguese writer, PT (b. 1520)
	joana de castro mendonça Portuguese noblewoman (b. 1560)
	joana de toy FR (b. 1550)
	joana lourença gómez de sandoval y lacerda ES (b. 1579)

Characteristic surnames

Melo, Vieira, Martins, Marques, Machado, Moreira, Santana, Almeida, Andrade, Cardoso, Barbosa, Batista, Pereira, Ribeiro, Freitas, Carvalho, Teixeira, Ferreira, Oliveira, Conceicao, Rodrigues, Goncalves, Garcia, Barros, Castro, Araujo, Cruz, Reis, Dias, Lima, Moura, Silva, Sousa, Souza, Alves, Costa, Fernandes, Cunha, Pinto, Ramos, Rocha, Gomes, Lopes, Jesus, Nunes, Mendes, Santos, Soares, Brito, and Nascimento