Ἰωάννα

See also: Ιωάννα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowing from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yōḥannā), feminine form of יוחנן (Yōḥānān). The Ancient Greek name is also the feminine form of Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), itself adapted from יוחנן.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.ɔː.án.naː/ → /i.oˈan.na/ → /i.oˈa.na/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /i.ɔː.án.naː/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.oˈan.na/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈan.na/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈan.na/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.oˈa.na/

Proper noun

Ἰωάννᾱ • (Iōánnā) f (genitive Ἰωάννας); first declension

1. Joanna.

Inflection

First declension of Ἰωάννᾱ, Ἰωάννᾱς

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ἰωάννᾱ
Genitive	Ἰωάννᾱς
Dative	Ἰωάννᾳ
Accusative	Ἰωάννᾱν
Vocative	Ἰωάννᾱ

Related terms

• Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs)

Descendants

• English: Jane, Jean, Joan
• French: Jeanne
• Galician: Xoana
• Greek: Ιωάννα (Ioánna), Ιάννα (Iánna), Γιάννα (Giánna)
• Irish: Siobhán
• Italian: Giovanna
• Latin: Ioanna, Iohanna, Joanna, Johanna
• Portuguese: Joana
• Romanian: Ioana
• Russian: Ивана (Ivana)
• Spanish: Juana

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “G2489”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979