Joanna or Joanne?

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Or both too dated??

Joanna has a musical sound in that it's rhyming slang for piano.

Joanna is a beautiful name. Will never be too soon for it to make a comeback!

Joanne

I think of a piano if someone says Joanna

However, I also like Josephine (gives you Josie or Jo when shortened) which I've seen suggested.

I love Josephine and Anna.

Joanna is alright but not as lovely as either of the above.

Joanna is a beautiful name.

Dean was always a trouble-maker in my class at school!

Joanna is slightly prettier.

Josette is lovely and unusual,

Oh yes lol, but that's not what I meant. The sound of the name is mellifluous, wasn't there a song, maybe by Eddie Grant?

Then you have the choice of short forms, Jo or Anna.

Dated, pfft, people are so rigid in their thinking.

From personal experience, Joanna over Joanne. Even classier to throw an "h" in there.

Joanne is pretty.

I have a relative called Joanna and she doesn't like her name at all. I don't know what there is to dislike about it, it's similar to Anna, Hannah, and all those, but I don't know any Jo's that like their name, perhaps because they are called Jo and not Joanna.

I would choose Johanna, with an H.

It looks more hip and Scandinavian.

Definitely Joanna otherwise. Joanne is too 70s.

I think Johanna is supposed to be pronounced 'Yo-hannah' though.

Another fan of Johanna and no need to pronounce it Yo at all. Exhibit A: Visions of Johanna by Bob Dylan.

But I think Johanna is the Germanic version, so should really be said with a 'Y' sound, as in Johann Sebastian Bach?

The 'H' in the middle is superfluous in the English language version of the name.

Joanne I think dates you as a child of the 60s or 70s whereas Joanna is timeless.

I love Joanna, great name

@Pemba , I agree, but I've been criticised on another thread for pointing out that Rhodri doesn't start with R

Stop being so pedantic, not everything fits into your experience/knowledge.
Lots and lots of names have been anglicised/ adapted.

Hmm!
So presumably it's OK to say Jürgen as jur-gun and Jerzy as jersey

Joanna. It's cute.

Joanna or Johanna are pretty and unique.

I prefer Johanna but like Joanna also.

Joanne screams born in the 70s to me.
Still kind of like it but prefer the other two.

Johannes

Ooh I am a Joanna and am smiling right now because this thread has by and large pleased me, so thank you 😊😊😁

I think my name is reasonably alright I suppose but have never really been convinced that I am feeling it. I mainly go by Jo. I dislike Joanne (unfairly but I can't seem to help it) and love Josephine and Josie.

Eddy Grant's song, 'Gimme Hope Jo'anna' is an anti-apartheid song referring to Johannesburg. Top tune.

<winces>

There were three Joanne’s in my class. I was one of them.

No, it's an older English version and the J is pronounced as an English J - there were two or three Johannas among my maternal grandmother's circle of friends and neighbours. She was born in the 1890s (and so were her friends).

I don't know any Jo's that like their name, perhaps because they are called Jo and not Joanna.

I go by Jo but I like being a Joanna. Like PPs, hate being called Joanne though. Johanna looks a bit try hard for me so I'm happy with my parents' choice.