Johanna

Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form Iōanna lacks a medial -h- because in Greek /h/ could only occur initially. For more information on the name's origin, see the article on Joanna.

Women named Johanna

• Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland's first female Prime Minister (incumbent) and the world's first openly gay head of government of the modern era.^[1][2]
• Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, a.k.a. Yohanna, an Icelandic singer who was Iceland's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 singing "Is It True?"
• Johanna Asplund, bassist in the Swedish rock band Sahara Hotnights
• Johanna Barker, a character in Steven Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Johanna Berglind, a Swedish sign language educator
• Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie, Swedish writer
• Johanna Edwards, an American novelist
• Johanna Fateman, an American musician, writer and editor, former bandmember of punk band LeTigre
• Johanna Griggs, Australian sportsperson and television personality
• Johanna Hedén, Swedish obstetrician
• Johanna Lind, 1993 Miss Sweden
• Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer, Dutch writer
• Johanna Lindsey, an American author of romance novels
• Johanna Löfblad, a Swedish actress
• Johanna Loisinger, opera singer
• Johanna Nichols, a linguist at UC Berkeley, known for inventing research techniques for the deep prehistory of languages, and for her mastery of Caucasian languages like Chechen
• Johanna Ray, an American casting director and producer
• Johanna von Schoultz, Finnish opera singer
• Johanna Spyri, Swiss author, famous for Heidi
• Johanna de Timmerman, Dutch poet
• Johanna Wattier, was a Dutch actress
• Johanna Sophia of Bavaria, Duchess consort of Austria
• Johanna Adwah Ayima Kjærbo, Danish topmodel

Johanna in popular culture

• One of Bob Dylan's most critically praised songs is "Visions of Johanna".
• One of Crazy Loop's songs is called "Joanna (Shut Up!)". It can be heard on his MySpace.
• "Johanna" is the title of a song from Stephen Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
• "Johanna of the Spirits", a song by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies off the album Rapid City Muscle Car
• "Johanna" is a song by The Stooges
• "Johanna" is a song by the Canadian indie rock band Think About Life
• Johanna (film), a 2005 Hungarian film
• "Johanna" is a song by Bobby Mackey about a notorious spirit within Bobby Mackey's Music World and was featured in an episode of Ghost Adventures.
• Johanna Kustannus, a record label
• Johanna Mason is a character in the popular Hunger Games series, being mentioned without a name in the first novel and appearing as a main character in Catching Fire and Mockingjay.

Other occurrences

• Lake Johanna Township, Minnesota
• Johanna, Victoria, surf beach and holiday spot
• 127 Johanna, asteroid
• Johanna was a common name for the island of Anjouan in the Comoros during the 17th century

See also

• The related names Joanna, Jane, Joan, Johannes

References

1. ^ Moody, Jonas (2009-01-30). "Iceland Picks the World's First Openly Gay PM". Time. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1875032,00.html. Retrieved 2009-01-31. 
2. ^ "First gay PM for Iceland cabinet". BBC News. 1 February 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7863923.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-01.