Joanne
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Joanne is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Jamaica it is the 3rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: Recent feminine version of John, formed from Joan or Joanna; now established in Ireland.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 457(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 547
- JMJamaica≈1 in 412as Joan
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Joanne itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #102 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 597 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 457 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,900,000 named Joan, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Joan in US United States, PH Philippines, IE Ireland and 2 more and Joann in FI Finland.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Recent feminine version of John, formed from Joan or Joanna; now established in Ireland.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Joanne counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,900,000 est. | ≈1 in 721 | — | Joan | 70 |
| US United States | #49 | 306,627as Joan | 1 in 1.1K | 297K | Joan | 597 |
| PH Philippines | #67 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 604 | — | Joan | 162 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Joanne | 80 |
| GB United Kingdom | #28 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 457 | 41 | Joanne | 335 |
| AU Australia | #37 | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 547 | 101 | Joanne | 292 |
| FI Finland | — | 12,498as Joona | 1 in 446 | 13K | Joann | 20 |
| IE Ireland | #48 | ≈9,900 est. | ≈1 in 521 | — | Joan | 135 |
| JM Jamaica | #3 | ≈6,800 est. | ≈1 in 412 | — | Joan | 27 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Joanne is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, weibl. Vom., altfranzösische Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
English: from an Old French feminine form of JOHN , Jo(h)anne , and so a doublet of JOAN . This too was revived as a given name in its own right in the first half of the 20th century. It has to some extent been influenced by the independently formed combination Jo Anne . Short form: Jo .
as a word
In nap, John
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joy Pageb. 1924USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1924-2008)
- Joanne Linvilleb. 1928USAmerican actress (1928–2021)
- Joanne Woodwardb. 1930USAmerican actress (born 1930)
- Joanna Gleasonb. 1950CAnot in their usual nameCanadian actress and singer
- Joanne Whalleyb. 1964GBBritish actress
- Joanne Harrisb. 1964GBBritish and French author
- Joanne K. Rowlingb. 1965GBEnglish author (born 1965)
- Jo Coxb. 1974GBnot in their usual nameBritish politician (1974–2016)
- Joanne Froggattb. 1980GBEnglish actress
- Lady Gagab. 1986USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1986)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 81 sources across 46 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 182K | #307 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 225 | #1,653 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 206 | #307 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 97 | — |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1988 | 77 | #100 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 66 | — |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 1985 | 44 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 15 | #27,648 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2001 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1996 | 5 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1976 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2016 | 4 | #675 |
Reference works 4
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Joanne?
- In the etymology graph, Jean, Jane and Janet are forms of the same name in other languages; Joni, Jolene and Joanie are recorded short or pet forms.
- What does the name Joanne mean, and where does it come from?
- Recent feminine version of John, formed from Joan or Joanna; now established in Ireland. Recorded by Irish first names.
- Is Joanne a male or female name?
- Joanne is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Joanne?
- In the United States, the national register counted 306,627 people named Joan in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Joanne compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Joanne is the 3rd most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
- In which country does Joanne have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 million people named Joan in China, more than in any other country we hold.
What do you want to know about Joanne?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/joanneThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Joanne” — the 3rd most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.