Baby name
Joann
/JOH · an/
Meaning
“God is gracious”
American variant of Joanne or Joanna, from Hebrew Yochanan; the dropped -e ending was common in US naming from the 1950s-60s.
How it ages.
Mid-century American and slightly dated - Joanna ages better.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US from the 1940s-1960s; now rare for newborns.