Joha
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The name Joha is likely a shortened form of a name containing the divine name Yahweh, with proposed meanings such as "Jehovah gives life" or "Jehovah-revived"
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʝoxa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Joha is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Colombia than in any other country.
- COColombia≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- CLChile≈1 in 109K
- ESSpain≈1 in 297K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Colombia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 40 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Colombia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The name Joha is likely a shortened form of a name containing the divine name Yahweh, with proposed meanings such as "Jehovah gives life" or "Jehovah-revived". It is related to the Hebrew name Yochanan, which means "God is gracious".
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Where in the world(measured from records)
Joha 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.
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; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Joha is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Derived from Hebrew, the name Joha (Yôwchâʼ) is likely a compound of 'Yo' (a form of Yahweh) and a variation of the verb 'chayah' (to live), meaning "Yahweh has revived" or "Jehovah gives life".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Joha is a strong but gentle biblical name of Hebrew origin meaning "God gives life." Though rare, it belongs to one of King David's honored warriors, suggesting qualities of loyalty and courage.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Joha is understood to be a theophoric name meaning "Yahweh has revived" or "Jehovah gives life".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, A suspension of salvarsan in iodipin and anhydrous lanolin.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joha Heimanb. 1911EEEstonian muse of Georges Brassens (1911-1999)
- Joha Fourieb. 1925ZASouth African playwright
- Joha W. Grobbelaarbotanist
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 22 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 28 | #19,735 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Joha mean, and where does it come from?
- The name Joha is likely a shortened form of a name containing the divine name Yahweh, with proposed meanings such as "Jehovah gives life" or "Jehovah-revived". Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Joha?
- A machine transcription gives /ʝoxa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Joha a male or female name?
- Joha 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 Joha have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.7 thousand people named Joha in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled joha.
- How common is the name Joha?
- In the United States, the national register counted 133 people named Joha in 2020, about 1 in 2.5 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/johaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Joha”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.