Joann

Where Joann comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Joann.

  • Hebrew
Joann through the years
  1. 1891
    First appearance
    #1,213 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1921
    Joann Lõssov born
    Estonian basketball player, coach and sports pedagogue
  3. 1934
    Peak, #50
    4,149 babies named Joann, its best rank.
  4. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #178.
  5. 1971
    Joann Sfar born
    French comics artist, graphic novelist, and film director
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Joan and Joanne.
  • A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Joanne.
Namesakes
  • Joann Sfar · French comics artist, graphic novelist, and film director, born 1971
  • Joann Lõssov · Estonian basketball player, coach and sports pedagogue, 1921–2000
  • JoAnn H. Morgan · American aerospace engineer, born 1940
  • Joann Fletcher · British egyptologist, born 1966
  • JoAnn Falletta · American conductor, born 1954

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.