Johanna

[Nereida]

I've been thinking about this name recently and I quite like it. How would you pronounce it on first glance? Jo-hannah, Jo-anna, Yo-hah-nah? and what do you think of it? Thanks!

I love the name Johanna spelled like that. There was one on my road growing up. Pronounced Joanna nickname Jo. I have a friend called Josie and that is short for Josephine which is a lovely name. You can call her what you like as a nickname. You could just call her Josie also!

My Joanna was always Josie to her friends, But when she went to college Joey became the norm and now she is adult it is either Jo or Joanna. I obviously love the name. We thought of the 'h' spelling but as we didn't like it with the 'h' pronounced we left it out.
Theses days you are much less likely to get the Joanne confusion though it was only ever minor and easily corrected.

I would assume a Johanna is German/Swiss and so would say Yo-hanna. I prefer Joanna but then I don't mind Jo as a nickname as it makes me think of Jo March.

It's pronounced Jo-Hannah. I much prefer Joanna

I know a Yo-hannah; her mum is Czech.

Jo Anna

I am a Johanna and have always loved it, pronounced jo-Hannah , nn Jo, or Jojo.

Great choice !

Beautiful. Classic but underused. Do it!

It is nice i guess but ... dated. My friend called her baby johanna and people were surprised. To begin with i kept thinking her baby was nicole. ( same era)