Jo-Ann
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A female given name from Hebrew, one of the 20th century spelling variants of Joanne
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 20 countries · latest register: NISRA, 2022
Jo-Ann is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 49th most common given name.
- NLNetherlands1 in 24K(measured from records)
- JMJamaica≈1 in 410as Joan
- FIFinland1 in 446as Joona
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. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #102 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 597 (measured from records)
- 1 in 24K (inferred from the name graph)
306,627 named Joan, 2020
of 15M given names, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Netherlands
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, Jeanne in FR France 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.
Cited for this meaning 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| FR France | #102 | ≈96,000 est. | ≈1 in 704 | 566K | Jeanne | 361 |
| 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 |
| NL Netherlands | #384 | 706 | 1 in 24K | 3.1K | Joan | 103 |
306,627 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); 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).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Jean Astrucb. 1684FRnot in their usual nameFrench physician (1684-1766)
- Joan Mirób. 1893ESSpanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist (1893–1983)
- Joan Blondellb. 1906USAmerican actress (1906–1979)
- Margaret Gellerb. 1947USnot in their usual nameAmerican astronomer
- Joan Armatradingb. 1950GBBritish singer and musician
- Chynab. 1969USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler and actress (1969-2016)
- Christine Taylorb. 1971USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1971)
- Keala Settleb. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and singer
- Melissa Joan Hartb. 1976USAmerican actress
- Joan Gonzálezb. 2002ESSpanish footballer
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)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)28 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 706 | #1,632 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 251 | #4,819 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 35 | #9,646 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 35 | #9,884 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1967 | 11 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 1967 | 11 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1968 | 8 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 1968 | 8 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1962 | 7 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 1962 | 7 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1961 | 7 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 1961 | 7 | — |
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).
- Is Jo-Ann a male or female name?
- Jo-Ann is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Netherlands (Meertens NVB).
- In which country does Jo-Ann have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 307 thousand people named Joan, 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 United States 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 the United States, Jo-Ann is the 49th most common given name of 2,815,431 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-annThe 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-Ann” — the 49th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.