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The Hebrew name יוֹחָנָה Yôḥānāh forms a feminine equivalent in Hebrew for the name Joanna and its variants. The Christian Arabic form of John is يوحنّا Yūḥannā , based on the Judeo-Aramaic form of the name.
However, the original name Joanna in ancient Greek, Hebrew and Latin is a single unit, not a compound name. The names Hannah, Anna, Anne, Ann are etymologically related to Joanne just the same: they are derived from Hebrew חַנָּה Ḥannāh 'grace' from the same verbal root meaning "to be gracious".
Joanna, wife of Chuza (Йоганна, жінка Хусова) is a verse drama by Ukrainian writer Lesya Ukrainka, first published in 1909. [12] In the 2015 television miniseries Killing Jesus Rotem Zissman-Cohen plays Joanna. [13] In the 2015 television miniseries A.D. The Bible Continues, Joanna is portrayed by Farzana Dua Elahe. [13]
The form Johanan, even closer to the Hebrew original than Latin Johannes, is customarily used in English-language translations of the Hebrew Bible (as opposed to John being used in English translations of the New Testament), in a tradition going back to Wycliffe's Bible, which uses John when translating from the Greek (e.g. of John the Baptist ...
Furthermore, whereas Joanna is a Hebrew name, Junia is a Latin name. Jews often had to adopt a second, Latin name that were nearly sound equivalents to their original name. Joanna and Junia act as near sound equivalents in the native languages, which Bauckham says is indicative of the identification between the two.
Jane is a feminine given name. It is the English form of Jehanne, the Old French feminine form of Iohannes, a Latin form of the Greek name Ἰωάννης (Iōannēs), which is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan), a short form of the name יְהוֹחָנָן (Yehochanan), meaning "Yahweh is merciful".
Yoḥannah eventually became a feminine name in Modern Hebrew, I think to have an equivalent for all the names like Joanna, Joan, Jane, etc. The name Johanna, the subject of this article, arose in Latin as an alternate form of Joanna, under the influence of the -h- in Johannes; it didn't derive directly from יוחנה.
Joan, Countess of Flanders (c. 1199 – 1244), also called Joan or Joanna of Constantinople; Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (Saint Joan of Valois; 1464–1505), nun, and briefly Queen of France; Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany 1391–1433; Women also known as Joan of Habsburg: Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (1535–1573)