Johanna

dressandtie

How do you pronounce Johanna? What do you think of it? Choose a MN (all family): Elaine, Elisabeth, Kris--[any girl name beginning with Kris, like Kristina, Kristin, Kristine, etc], Jul--[see Kris. Julia, Juliet, etc], Lorelei, Madison, Hope, Trisha, Alexandra. 

I've heard it like Joe-Anna, Joe-Hanna, and Yo-ahna. I don't like the yo-ahna pronuncuation, and I don't like the spelling Joanna of the Joe-anna pronunciation.

lady dixneuf

Joe-hannah

I've always disliked this name for some reason 

magsugar13

joe-hanna love it and would pair it with elizabeth or

Dr.Loretta

Joe-HANna

I prefer Joanna

I like Johanna Kristine or Johanna Hope

CelticWife

Joe.hannah

I like it with Kristine.

ilmnjc

Love Jo-Hahn-Ah pronunciation. I'd pair it with Elizabeth!

brooksidebride

My daughter is Johanna and we pronounce it as Joe Hannah.

It gets mispronounced A LOT either as Joanna, Yo-Ha-Na, or Jo-Ha-Na. 

I personally think Yo-Ha-Na and Jo-Ha-Na are very pretty pronunciations as well... I just prefer the way we say it more!

My husband really wanted to spell it Johannah (with an "h" added at the end) as he thought it would've helped people know how to say her name better. But I like it without the "h" at the end. It's also in a song, Visions of Johanna, by Bob Dylan... said like we say it.

And I also don't really like the name Joanna spelled as Johanna.  For some reason, it really bothers me! LOL.

ETA: My vote is for Johanna Kristine.  Very nice flow!

LadyXaverian

Jo-hannah. It was on our short list for both a fn or a mn with DD, but we didn't end up using it.

I like Johanna Kristine and Johanna Hope.

whoopsybaby

I'd pronounce it Joe Hannah.  It's NMS, but sounds best IMO with Lorelei. 

ajdv77

Love the name, as its my middle name after my grandma! will also be my LO MN if it's a girl!

we pronounce it joe-hannah

 

sunlavender

Joe-anna

CeCe8579

Dr.Loretta:

JoeHANnaI prefer JoannaI like Johanna Kristine or Johanna Hope

Agreed!