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Joanne (alternate spellings Joann, Johann, Johanne) is a female name derived from the Greek name Joanna (Koinē Greek: Ἰωάννα, romanized: Iōanna) via the French Johanne. [ 1 ] In modern English, Joanne has sometimes been reinterpreted as a compound of the two names Jo and Anne, thus forming the name Jo-Anne , or one of its variants ...
Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, Jean, and Jeanne. The earliest recorded occurrence of the name Joanna, in Luke 8:3, refers to the disciple "Joanna the wife of Chuza," who was an associate of Mary Magdalene.
The Anglosphere female name Joan entered the English language through the Old French forms, Johanne and Jehanne, female variants of the male name Johannes. [1]: 356 In Catalan-Valencian and Occitan, Joan (pronounced) has been in continuous use as the native, masculine form of John since at least the Middle Ages. [4]
The year after Carson took on the mantle of The Tonight Show in 1962, he met and married model and TV host Joanne Copeland, who encouraged him to pursue the host role full-time. She and Carson ...
Joan Mary Cusack (/ ˈ k juː s æ k /; born October 11, 1962) [1] [2] is an American actress. She received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in the comedy-drama Working Girl (1988) and the romantic comedy In & Out (1997).
Joan Little (pronounced "Jo Ann") (born 1953) is an African-American woman who was charged with the 1974 murder of Clarence Alligood, a white prison guard at Beaufort County Jail in Washington, North Carolina, who attempted to rape Little before she could escape.
Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc [ʒan daʁk] ⓘ; Middle French: Jehanne Darc [ʒəˈãnə ˈdark]; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.
The episode in which Joan Crawford guest starred, "Lucy and the Lost Star," made for much fanfare in the press, due to Ball and Crawford's "very public feud during the filming."