Ἰωάννα

See also: Ιωάννα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed 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

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /i.ɔ͜ɔ.án̚na͜a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ioːán̚naː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ioán̚na/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ioán̚na/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ioána/

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