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The first name Johanne

A girl’s name from Hebrew.

2 syllables Female

Meaning and origin

Hebrew origin

Spelling variant of Joanne.

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Johanne at birth, 1880–2025

In 2021, 10 girls born in the United States were named Johanne, the 9,885th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1939, when 42 were.

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1,452
babies named Johanne since 1880
#9,885
rank in 2021
1939
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Famous people named Johanne

11 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen
    Danish politician, born 1984
  • Johanne Luise Heiberg
    Danish actress (1812–1890)
  • Johanne Defay
    French surfer, born 1993
  • Johanne Cathrine Krebs
    Danish painter (1848-1924)
  • Johanne Stockmarr
    Danish pianist, 1869–1944
  • 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, 1788–1848
  • Julie Arenholt
    Danish civil engineer, women's rights activist and politician, 1873–1952
  • Mathilde Malling Hauschultz
    Danish politician (1885-1929)

More Hebrew girls’ names

Questions

What does the name Johanne mean?
Spelling variant of Joanne.
What is the origin of the name Johanne?
Spelling variant of Joanne.
Is Johanne a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 1,452 US babies named Johanne since 1880 were girls.
When was Johanne most popular?
1939 in the United States, when 42 babies were named Johanne, its highest rank at 1,118th.