define the name joanne
Look up Joanne in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Joanne (alternate spellings Joann, Jo Ann, Johann, Johanne, Jo-Ann, Jo-Anne) is a common given name for females, being a variant of Joanna, the feminine form of John; derived from the Latin name Johanna with the meaning in Hebrew of God is gracious.he names Hannah, Anna, Anne, Ann are etymologically related to Joanne just the same: they are derived from Hebrew ×Ö·× Ö¸Ö¼× á¸¤annÄh 'grace' from the same verbal root meaning 'to be gracious'. In the United Kingdom, its popularity peaked during the 1970s, when it was frequently among the 10 most popular female names.