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Joanne (alternate spellings Joann, Jo Ann, Johann, Johanne, Jo-Ann, Jo-Anne) is a common given name for women, being a variant of Joanna. In Northern Ireland of 1975, "Joanne" was the most frequently used name for female newborns, though by the early years of the 21st century, the name had declined in popularity so that it could not be counted among the twenty most frequently used.
Sometimes in modern English Joanne is reinterpreted as a compound of the two names Jo and Anne, and therefore given a spelling like JoAnne, Jo-Anne, or Jo Anne. However, the original name Joanna in ancient Greek and Latin is a single unit, not a compound. 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".
People with the given name Joanne
Joanne Accom (born 1978), Australian singer
Joanne Acalcichew (born 1986), British dispenser
Joanne Banning (born 1977), Australian field hockey player
JoAnne S. Bass, first female senior enlisted service member of any U.S. military branch
Joanne Beaumier (born 1996), Lebanese footballer
Joanne Brackeen (born 1938), American jazz pianist
Joanne Campbell (1964–2002), British actress
Joanne Catherall (born 1962), British singer, member of The Human League
Joanne Colan, British video blogger
Joanne Deakins (born 1972), British swimmer
Joanne Dennehy (born 1982), serial killer
Joanne Doyle (born 1972), Irish dancer
Joanne Dru (1922–1996), American actress
Joanne Durant (born 1975), Barbadian sprinter
Joanne Elliott (1925–2023), American mathematician
Joanne Ellis (born 1981), English field hockey player
Joanne Fluke (born 1943), American novelist
Joanne (Jo) Frost (born 1970), English nanny, writer and TV hostess
Joanne Grant (1930–2005), African-American journalist and Communist activist
Joanne Harris (born 1964), British novelist
Jo Hayes, New Zealand politician
Joanne Head (1930–2021), American politician
Joanne Herring (born 1929), American political activist
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