Joanne
proper nounproper nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//d͡ʒəʊn//
- United Kingdom//ʒoʊn//
- United Kingdom//ˈd͡ʒəʊˌæn//
- United States//d͡ʒoʊn//
- United States//ʒoʊn//
- United States//ˈd͡ʒoʊˌæn//
A female given name from French.
proper noun
- 1
A female given name from French.
"Ye've seen the Lady?" "I have," said I; "and I have seen the young ladies too, except Miss Joanne." "Ye may just as weel lay by the Miss, and ca' her Joan, like her mother afore her, noo—They've flung the puir lassie clean aff, Mr Waldie. Greeting for the father, and nae thought for the bairn—that's the warld's way, Mr Waldie.—But God strikes not wi' baith hands, young man...
Jocasta wasn't Jocasta's name: her real name was Joanne. She changed it when she was thirty-eight because, as she said what can you do with a name like Joanne? Too nice. She didn't dye her hair green or wear a safety pin in her ear but calling herself Jocasta was the equivalent. Good taste kills, said Jocasta.
Etymology
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. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
proper noun
- 1
A female given name.
Etymology
From various feminine names clipped to Jo + Anne, q.v.
Joanne · A female given name from French.
JoAnne · A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Joanne.Joaquin · A male given name from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of…job · A task.