Jo-Anne
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jo-Anne is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Jamaica it is the 3rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: A female given name from Hebrew, one of the 20th century spelling variants of Joanne.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 457(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 547
- JMJamaica≈1 in 412as Joan
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jo-Anne itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #102 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 597 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 457 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,900,000 named Joan, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Joan in US United States, PH Philippines, IE Ireland and 2 more, Joanne in GB United Kingdom, AU Australia, ID Indonesia and Joann in FI Finland.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name from Hebrew, one of the 20th century spelling variants of Joanne.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jo-Anne counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,900,000 est. | ≈1 in 721 | — | Joan | 70 |
| US United States | #49 | 306,627as Joan | 1 in 1.1K | 297K | Joan | 597 |
| PH Philippines | #67 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 604 | — | Joan | 162 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Joanne | 80 |
| GB United Kingdom | #28 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 457 | 41 | Joanne | 335 |
| AU Australia | #37 | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 547 | 101 | Joanne | 292 |
| FI Finland | — | 12,498as Joona | 1 in 446 | 13K | Joann | 20 |
| IE Ireland | #48 | ≈9,900 est. | ≈1 in 521 | — | Joan | 135 |
| JM Jamaica | #3 | ≈6,800 est. | ≈1 in 412 | — | Joan | 27 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jo-Anne Richardsb. 1901ZAnot in their usual nameSouth African journalist
- Jo-Ann Robertsb. 1956CAnot in their usual nameCanadian politician
- Angela Schneiderb. 1959CAnot in their usual nameCanadian rower
- Jo-Anne Faullb. 1971AUnot in their usual nameAustralian female tennis player
- Jo-Anne Brightb. 1976NZnot in their usual nameforensic biologist
- Jo-Anne Reynekeb. 1988ZAnot in their usual nameSouth African actress
- Jo-Anne H. Youngb. 2000USnot in their usual nameAmerican physician
- Jo BenchGBnot in their usual nameBritish musician
- Jo-Anne BrownCAnot in their usual nameCanadian astronomer
- Jo-anne WilkinsonNZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand youth worker
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 24 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1964 | 154 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1961 | 151 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1971 | 146 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1960 | 141 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1963 | 129 | — |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1971 | 101 | #91 |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 1971 | 101 | #91 |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 1964 | 101 | #77 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1964 | 101 | #77 |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 1961 | 101 | #84 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1961 | 101 | #84 |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 1960 | 94 | #90 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jo-Anne mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name from Hebrew, one of the 20th century spelling variants of Joanne. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Jo-Anne a male or female name?
- Jo-Anne is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Jo-Anne have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 million people named Joan in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Jo-Anne?
- In the United States, the national register counted 306,627 people named Joan in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Jo-Anne compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Jo-Anne is the 3rd most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jo-anneThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jo-Anne” — the 3rd most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.