How do you pronouce Johanna?

NewlyWeds13

Trying to gauge how most would pronouce this name. 

Considering it for a middle name (as it is a family name) but I fear it will be not pronouced the right way.  For a middle name, maybe it does not matter. ?

aimee1899

In my experience it depends on the person.

I have run into people who pronounce it Jo-anna and another who prefers Jo- haun-ah.

rp-chicago-mom

I've known two Johanna...although I think it may have been spelled Johannah for at least one. One went by Jo-haun-ah and one went by Jo-Hannah. Both sound pretty IMO.

MrsC968

I'd probably say: Jo-han-ah, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was just Jo-anna.

WaterEclipse

I would pronounce it jo-hawn-uh. Very pretty name

BattieNattie

Joe-Hannah

NewlyWeds13

My husband's family is Dutch and would pronouce it yow haan aa  

I don't mind the jo han ah way of saying it... but I actually hate the name joanna and my concern will be that people think that her middle name is pronouced joanna.

That is why i am not sure I would be willing to use it---  however it would mean a lot to my husband.

brooklynesque

WaterEclipse:

I would pronounce it jo-hawn-uh. Very pretty name

This.  It's a great name!

CiderWench

If I were reading a book with this name as a character I would pronounce it jo-HA-nah because that is my preferred pronunciation of this name. Traditionally, I think it's pronounced yo-HAHN-nah, or something similar.

JaZavitz

Jo-Hannah... love it by the way! 

aubreyan

I say Jo-Hau-nah but that's because I work with a girl and that's how she says it.

jolynn326

I like it pronounce yo-haun-ah, jo-haun-ah, and jo-hannah. I do not like it pronounced Joanna.

I go to jo-hannah first, I think.

SummerMama12

I pronounce it Jo-hannah.

LemonBlush

It's my middle name. It was my grandmas name. 

Growing up, my parents always said Jo-hawn-ah. But I heard some people call my gma Jo-han-ah. 

I would never think Joanna. Do people think the h is silent or something?

Plus it's a middle name so pronounciation isnt as big a deal.  

526SadieSadie

Unless otherwise instructed, I'd say Joe-anne-uh, a woman I work with spells her name this way, but pronounces it Joe-On-uh.

austenreader85

I knew one girl and it was pronounced Jo-hawn-uh and I knew another and she said it like Jo-han-uh.  I can also see it  being Yo-hawn-uh.  Around here there are people that would be spiteful and just say jo-anna because it's something they're familiar and comfortable with and refuse to learn the correct way to say a person's name. 

Brady77

It is my middle name and it was pronouced Joe - Hannah.  I never had problems with people pronouncing it incorrectly HTH.

PhilsWife07

Like the names Joe and Hannah smooshed together.

bwralc

Joe-Hannah

BlindysWife

In the middle name spot, I don't think its that important that people know how to pronounce it. I would instinctively say Joe-Hannah, but I have also known a Joe-haun-uh.

I don't see why anyone would ever say it Joe-Anna. There is an H there.

da731

Yo-HAHN-uh

ObLaDi

Jo-ANN-ah.

Which is how it's spelled/pronounced in Sweeney Todd, one of my favorite musicals.

For a middle, I don't think you need to worry too much about pronunciation, since the volume of times she actually has to correct people on it will be much lower than if it were her first name.