Joan

  • Girl
  • 4 letters
English God is gracious. Feminine form of John
Hebrew Gift from God.
Literary A literary name from Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 1, where it belongs to joan La Pucelle, commonly called Joan of Arc.
Famous bearer Legendary Pope Joan, who was a woman masquerading as a man; French heroine Joan of Arc (Jeanne dArc); actresses Joan Crawford, Joan Fontaine, and Joan Collins.

Joan is a girl’s name of English, Hebrew and Literary origin. Meaning in English: God is gracious. Feminine form of John. Meaning in Hebrew: Gift from God. A literary name from Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part 1, where it belongs to joan La Pucelle, commonly called Joan of Arc. Famous bearer: Legendary Pope Joan, who was a woman masquerading as a man; French heroine Joan of Arc (Jeanne dArc); actresses Joan Crawford, Joan Fontaine, and Joan Collins. The name has 4 letters.

Related names

Jinny

Unisex

English Latin

Variant of Jenny which is a diminutive of Jane and Jennifer. Virgin.

Jiselle

Girl

English

Pledge. Phonetic spelling of Giselle.

Jo

Girl

English French Latin

Abbreviation of names like Joanna and Josephine. Also used as a prefix in compound names like Jobeth and Jolisa. May Jehovah add. Addition (to the family). Also can be a diminutive of Joanne: God is gracious. French form of Joanna (from the Latin, Johanna) and the feminine form of John. God is gracious. Feminine form of John (from the Latin, Johanna).

Joachim

Boy

Hebrew

May Jehovah exalt. God prepares.

Joanna

Girl

Biblical English French Hebrew Latin

Grace or gift of the Lord Feminine of John. God's gift. Gift from God. God is gracious. Feminine form of John (from the Latin Johanna).