Yoanna
A name most Poles have never come across: only around two dozen women in the country carry it. It's a spelling of Joanna, from Hebrew for "god is gracious".
Yoanna Pronunciation
Yoanna is pronounced ih-o-AHN-nah (/ɨɔˈanna/).
What Yoanna means
Where Yoanna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Yoanna begins in Hebrew, in the old name Yohanan. It meant "God is gracious," a small sentence about a child and a generous God. The Polish reader knows the fuller form well: Joanna. Yoanna sits beside it as a spelling variant, the same name with a softer opening.
From Joanna, Polish speech pulls Asia, the everyday diminutive. A girl is Joanna on the class register and Asia to everyone who likes her. The formal name and the pet name live one street apart. Asia gives no hint of Hebrew.
The Hebrew root has not changed. Whatever spelling a parent picks at the urząd, the meaning underneath stays "God is gracious," and the short Polish gloss keeps it plain: bóg jest łaskawy.
How many people are named Yoanna
1 in 867071 women in Poland is named Yoanna. 26 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8429 among female names.
Yoanna's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Yoanna as a middle name
Yoanna is a first name for 26 women in Poland and a middle name for another 7, a 79/21 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3145th, between Yevheniia (7) and Yumi (7).
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#3143 Yamile7
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#3144 Yevheniia7
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#3145 Yoanna7
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#3146 Yumi7
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#3147 Zilan7