Joana

Where Joana comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Joana.

  • Vowel-ended
Joana through the years
  1. 1896
    First appearance
    #1,583 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1971
    Joana Vasconcelos born
    Portuguese artist
  3. 1982
    Joana Ramos born
    Portuguese judoka
  4. 2001
    Peak, #698
    357 babies named Joana, the most in any year.
  5. 2009
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,408.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Joana Vasconcelos · Portuguese artist, born 1971
  • Joana Ramos · Portuguese judoka, born 1982
  • Joana Mäder · Swiss beach volleyball player, born 1991
  • Joana Ribeiro · Portuguese actress and model, born 1992
  • Joana Hählen · Swiss alpine skier, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.