Jo-An
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jo-An 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: From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).
- JMJamaica≈1 in 412(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 521
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 604
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 Jo-An 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 412 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,900,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, 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, Joanne in GB United Kingdom, AU Australia, ID Indonesia 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)
- LatinIohannes(measured from records)
- Ancient GreekἸωάννηςIōánnēs(measured from records)
- HebrewיוחנןYôḥānān“Yahweh is gracious”(measured from records)
From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).
Sources 5
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Wiktionary
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
- Nordic Names
- Trask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jo-An 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 | 306,627 | 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jo-An mean, and where does it come from?
- From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary and 3 other sources.
- Is Jo-An a male or female name?
- Jo-An 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.
- In which country does Jo-An have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 million people named Jo-An in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled joan.
- How common is the name Jo-An?
- In the United States, the national register counted 306,627 people named Jo-An in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Jo-An compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Jo-An is the 3rd most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jo-anThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Jo-An” — the 3rd most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.