Johanne

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Johanne is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name54K records spelled Johanne6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Canada, United States, Brazil

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Joh-Anne, Johanné

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Johanne is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A female given name from Hebrew occasionally used in English.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, German form of Jean.

  as a name·Tên Họ Người Việt Nam

• In Russian, var of Ioann.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 98 years between 1895–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Wilhelmine Reichardb. 1788DEnot in their usual name19th century aeronaut
• Johanne Luise Heibergb. 1812DKDanish actress (1812–1890)
• Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenbergb. 1831DEnot in their usual nameWife of Miguel I of Portugal (1831–1909)
• Johanne Bindesbøllb. 1851DKDanish textile artist (1851–1934)
• Johanne Stockmarrb. 1869DKDanish pianist
• Hannah Höchb. 1889DEnot in their usual nameGerman artist (1889–1978)
• Inger Jacobsenb. 1923NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian singer (1923–1996)
• Johanne Schmidt-Nielsenb. 1984DKDanish politician
• Morissetteb. 1996PHnot in their usual nameFilipino singer and songwriter (born 1996)
• Johanne Killib. 1997NONorwegian freestyle skier

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 589 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Johanne?

We estimate roughly 24 thousand people bear Johanne (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Johanne have the most bearers?

Johanne is most frequently recorded in Canada, where it is most often spelled johanne.

Where is Johanne most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Johanne is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 782 people — even though Canada holds more of our records for it.

How common is Johanne compared with other names?

In Canada, Johanne is the 660th most common given name of 175,432 given names recorded there.

Is Johanne a male or female name?

Johanne is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Johanne mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name, masculine equivalent Johannes, equivalent to English Jane