Etymograph

English

Joanne

Joanne comes from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα.

  1. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἸωάνναIōánna
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEJoanna
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Joanne
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1824same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἸωάνναIōánna
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEJoanna
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Joanne
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1824same form

Earliest quotation: 1824, John Gibson Lockhart, The History of Matthew Wald: “Ye've seen the Lady?" "I have," said I; "and…”

The story

From Old French Joanne, from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.

Every English word from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα

Today it means

name A female given name from French.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Koine Greek Ἰωάννα / Joanne

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