Johanne
Johanne is an Old French equivalent of Joanna that is now a common French Canadian female given name.
- French
- Danish
- Norwegian
- Medieval French
Meaning & Origin of Johanne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Johanne is an Old French equivalent of Joanna that is now a common French Canadian female given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
- Danish
- Norwegian
- Medieval French
The Story of Johanne
Johanne first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1895, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1939: 42 births, good for #1,102 nationwide. About 20% of every Johanne on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Johanne last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Johanne
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Johanne. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Johanne
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About the name Johanne
Johanne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1895 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Johanne's peak popularity came in 1939 when it ranked #1,102. Use the chart and map above to compare Johanne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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