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: Ива́нна (Ivánna)
• 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