Jo-Ann

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A female given name from Hebrew, one of the 20th century spelling variants of Joanne

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dʒæn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jo-Ann 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.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 24K(measured from records)
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 412as Joan
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 457as Joanne

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-Ann 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)

≈1,900,000 named Joan, est.

#102 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

6 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
597 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 24K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

JoanLatin(measured from records)
ג'ואןHebrew(measured from records)
โจแอนThai(measured from records)
조안Hangul(measured from records)
জোনBengali(measured from records)
ჯოანGeorgian(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Joan in US United States, PH Philippines, IE Ireland and 3 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)

A female given name from Hebrew, one of the 20th century spelling variants of Joanne.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jo-Ann 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.

Where Jo-Ann is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈1,900,000 est.≈1 in 721—Joan70
US United States#49306,627as Joan1 in 1.1K297KJoan597
PH Philippines#67≈180,000 est.≈1 in 604—Joan162
ID Indonesia—≈170,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Joanne80
GB United Kingdom#28≈140,000 est.≈1 in 45741Joanne335
AU Australia#37≈47,000 est.≈1 in 547101Joanne292
FI Finland—12,498as Joona1 in 44613KJoann20
IE Ireland#48≈9,900 est.≈1 in 521—Joan135
JM Jamaica#3≈6,800 est.≈1 in 412—Joan27
NL Netherlands#3847061 in 24K3.1KJoan103

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); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jo-Ann is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Joann

  • English (Trinidad & Tobago) given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Trinidad & Tobago, United States

    Also written Joann

  • English (South Africa) given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, United States

    Also written Joann

  • Greek given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Joann

  • English (Guyana) given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Guyana

    Also written Joann

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Joann

  • a separate given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

    Also written Joann

  • English (Jamaica) given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Jamaica

    Also written Joann

  • Hebrew given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Joann

15 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

160017001800190020002100Jean Astruc, b. 1684Joan Miró, b. 1893Joan Blondell, b. 1906Margaret Geller, b. 1947Joan Armatrading, b. 1950Chyna, b. 1969Christine Taylor, b. 1971Keala Settle, b. 1975Melissa Joan Hart, b. 1976Joan González, b. 2002

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Jo-Ann,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 28 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Jo-Ann
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—706#1,632
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—251#4,819
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—35#9,646
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—35#9,884
AU AustraliaAustralian national given names (aggregated state BDM)196711—
AU AustraliaSA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)196711—
AU AustraliaAustralian national given names (aggregated state BDM)19688—
AU AustraliaSA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)19688—
AU AustraliaAustralian national given names (aggregated state BDM)19627—
AU AustraliaSA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)19627—
AU AustraliaAustralian national given names (aggregated state BDM)19617—
AU AustraliaSA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)19617—

Reference works 1

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens

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 does the name Jo-Ann mean, and where does it come from?
A female given name from Hebrew, one of the 20th century spelling variants of Joanne. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Jo-Ann?
A machine transcription gives /dʒæn/ (IPA) for English.
Is Jo-Ann a male or female name?
Jo-Ann 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-Ann have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 million people named Joan in China, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Jo-Ann most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jo-Ann is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 24 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Jo-Ann?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 706 people named Jo-Ann, about 1 in 24 thousand residents.
How common is Jo-Ann compared with other names?
In Jamaica, Jo-Ann is the 3rd most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.

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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-Ann” — the 3rd most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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