Joanne
UK/d͡ʒəʊn/US/d͡ʒoʊn/
Joanne proper noun: a female given name from French.
Proper noun (1)
Joanne
- A female given name from French.
- "Ye've seen the Lady?"
"I have," said I; "and I have seen the young ladies too, except Miss Joanne."
"Ye may just as weel lay by the Miss, and ca' her Joan, like her mother afore her, noo—They've flung the puir lassie clean aff, Mr Waldie. Greeting for the father, and nae thought for the...1824, John Gibson Lockhart, The History of Matthew Wald, page 192 - Jocasta wasn't Jocasta's name: her real name was Joanne. She changed it when she was thirty-eight because, as she said what can you do with a name like Joanne? Too nice. She didn't dye her hair green or wear a safety pin in her ear but calling herself Jocasta was the equivalent. Good taste kills...1981, Margaret Atwood, Bodily Harm, →ISBN, page 24
- "Ye've seen the Lady?"
Proper noun (2)
US/d͡ʒoʊˈæn/UK/d͡ʒəʊˈæn/
Joanne
- A female given name.
Proper noun (3) capitalized: JoAnne
JoAnne
- A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Joanne.
Forms of Joanne
| alternative form | Jo |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Joann |
| alternative form | JoAnne |
| alternative form | Jo-Anne |
| alternative form | Jo Anne |
| alternative form | JoAnn |
| alternative form | Jo-Ann |
| alternative form | Jo Ann |
| alternative form | Jo-An |
| alternative form | JoAn |
| alternative form | Jo An |
| alternative form | Johanne |
Origin of Joanne
From Old French Joanne, from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
From various feminine names clipped to Jo + Anne, q.v.
Words that rhyme with Joanne
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- moan
- throne
- atone
- clone
- crone
- prone
- depone
- hone
- loan
- cologne
- condone
- disenthrone
- disown
- eau de cologne
- enthrone
- groan
- intone
- roan
- Sloan
- Sloane
- thrown
- unknown
- bemoan
- cobblestone
- Copplestone
- grown
- joan
- known
- none
- overgrown
- pension
- phone
- postpone
- redstone
- sone
- Stallone
- answer phone
- arthron
- beknown
- cauterizing stone
- compone
- crosne
- crown
- cuboidal bone
- cuttlefish bone
- Ediphone
- enzone
- flown
Questions about Joanne
- What does Joanne mean?
- Joanne means a female given name from French.
- What part of speech is Joanne?
- Joanne is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Joanne?
- Joanne is pronounced /d͡ʒoʊn/ (US).
Words near Joanne in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Joanne (page history and authors); JoAnne (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-Joanne.oga.
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