Fun Facts About the Name Jhanna
- 30 babies named Jhanna: U.S. records list 30 babies given the name Jhanna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jhanna Mean?
Jhanna is most often treated as an English spelling variant of Johanna, a feminine name also used in English as Joanna. Its established meaning is "God is gracious," from the Hebrew name Yochanan (יוֹחָנָן), usually understood as "Yahweh is gracious," built from a shortened form of the divine name YHWH and the verb ḥanan, "to be gracious." The name passed into Greek as Ioanna and Latin as Joanna (also Johanna), and Jhanna corresponds to Johanna with the o omitted.
The similar-looking Hannah is a separate Hebrew name from ḥannah, "grace" or "favor." It shares the Hebrew root ḥ-n-n with Yochanan, but it is not the source of Jhanna.
Jhanna Name History & Origins
Jhanna belongs to the Johanna/Joanna family. Joanna is the English form of Latin Joanna, which comes from Greek Ioanna and ultimately from Hebrew Yochanan. In the New Testament, Joanna appears in Luke as a follower of Jesus and the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward. The Latinized feminine form Johanna became common in German, Dutch, and Scandinavian languages, while Joanna became the usual English form.
Jhanna corresponds to Johanna with the o omitted, keeping the initial J and the -hanna ending. Its history is part of the longer history of those forms.
How Popular is the Name Jhanna?
Jhanna has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #11,632 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,954 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #12,685 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #11,632 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #17,797 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #12,081 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Jhanna Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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