Joanna
Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα
Iōanna from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה
Yôḥānnāh meaning 'God is gracious'. 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 the name Joanna, in Luke 8:3, refers to the disciple "Joanna the wife of Chuza," who was an associate of Mary Magdalene. Her name as given is Greek in form, although it ultimately originated from the Hebrew masculine name יְהוֹחָנָן
Yehôḥānān or יוֹחָנָן
Yôḥānān meaning 'God is gracious'. In Greek this name became Ιωαννης
Iōannēs, from which
Iōanna was derived by giving it a feminine ending. The original Latin form
Joanna was used in English to translate the equivalents in other languages; for example, Juana la Loca is known in English as Joanna the Mad. The variant form
Johanna originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, by analogy with the Latin masculine name
Johannes.