# Johanne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/johanne/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,452 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,452 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Spelling variant of Joanne.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7 | 11,926 |
| 2000 | 5 | 16,162 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,658 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,414 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,687 |
| 2004 | 8 | 12,113 |
| 2005 | 11 | 9,759 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16,031 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,835 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11,913 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,697 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,748 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,065 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,746 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,885 |

## People named Johanne

- Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, Danish politician
- Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress (1812–1890)
- Johanne Defay, French surfer
- Johanne Cathrine Krebs, Danish painter (1848-1924)
- Johanne Stockmarr, Danish pianist
- Johanne Fritz-Petersen, Danish actress (1879-1961)
- Hannah Höch, German artist (1889–1978)
- Morissette, Filipino singer and songwriter (born 1996)
- Wilhelmine Reichard, 19th century aeronaut
- Julie Arenholt, Danish civil engineer, women's rights activist and politician
- Mathilde Malling Hauschultz, Danish politician (1885-1929)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.