Scrabble?! JOANNA

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Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from Koine Greek Ianna from Hebrew Yônnh meaning 'God is gracious'. Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, Jean, and Jeanne. The earliest recorded occurrence of the name Joanna, in Luke 8:3, refers to the disciple "Joanna the wife of Chuza," who was an associate of Mary Magdalene. Her name as given is Greek in form, although it ultimately originated from the Hebrew masculine name Yehônn or Yônn meaning 'God is gracious'. In Greek this name became Ianns, from which Ianna was derived by giving it a feminine ending. The name Joanna, like Yehohanan, was associated with Hasmonean families. Saint Joanna would have been culturally Hellenized, thus bearing the Grecian adaptation of a Jewish name, as was commonly done in her milieu.At the beginning of the Christian era, the names Ianna and Ianns were already common in Judea. The name Joanna and its equivalents be