Joanne
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
An (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French equivalent of English Joan, revived in the 20th century and often spelled Jo Ann or Jo Anne, as if a combination of Jo and Ann.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Joanne
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- 1824 John Gibson Lockhart, The History of Matthew Wald, E. Duyckinck, Collins & Hannay, page 112:
- "I have," said I; "and I have seen the young ladies too, except Miss Joanne."
- "Ye may just as weel lay by the Miss, and ca' her Joan, like her mother afore her, noo -
- 1981 Margaret Atwood, Bodily Harm, Anchor Books, →ISBN, page 16:
- She changed it when she was thirty-eight because, as she said, what can you do with a name like Joanne? Too nice.
- 1824 John Gibson Lockhart, The History of Matthew Wald, E. Duyckinck, Collins & Hannay, page 112: