a female given name, often related to the masculine name John.
From Hebrew 'Yohanan,' meaning 'God is gracious.' It became Johanna through Greek 'Ioannes' and Latin 'Ioanna,' spreading through Christian Europe.
Johanna and John share the same Hebrew root, but Johanna had less power historically because it's the female form—even naming patterns reflect gender hierarchies baked into ancient languages. Joan of Arc's name was literally 'the female John.'
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