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

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

Proper noun

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

Joanna.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἰωάννᾱ; τῆς Ἰωάννᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἰωάννᾱ hē Iōánnā
Genitive	τῆς Ἰωάννᾱς tês Iōánnās
Dative	τῇ Ἰωάννᾳ têi Iōánnāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἰωάννᾱν tḕn Iōánnān
Vocative	Ἰωάννᾱ Iōánnā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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
German: Johanna

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

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