- Johanna
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related names = Joanna, Johannes, Jane, Joan
footnotes =Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of
Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form "Ioanna" lacks a medial -h- because in Greek /h/ could only occur initially. For more information on the name's origin, see the article onJoanna .Women named Johanna
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Johanna Edwards , an American novelist.
*Johanna Spyri , Swiss author, famous for "Heidi ".
*Johanna Lindsey , an American author of romance novels.
*Johanna Löfblad , Swedish actress.
*Johanna Nichols , a linguist at UC Berkeley, known for inventing research techniques for the deep prehistory of languages, and for her mastery of Caucasian languages like Chechen.
*Johanna Virtanen , a singer in the Finnish bandVärttinä .
*Johanna Wattier (1762-1827) was a Dutch actress.
*Johanna ("née" Johannes), a youngtranssexual girl in Germany. [http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/International/German/Johanna's%20Story.html]
*Johanna Asplund , bassist in the Swedish rock bandSahara Hotnights .
*Johanna Barker , a character in Steven Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"Johanna in popular culture
* One of
Bob Dylan 's most critically praised songs is "Visions of Johanna ."
* One ofCrazy Loop 's songs is called "Johanna (Shut Up) ". It can be heard on hisMySpace .
* 'Johanna' is the title of three of the songs fromStephen Sondheim 's musical .Other occurrences
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Lake Johanna Township, Minnesota
*Johanna, Victoria , surf beach and holiday spot
*127 Johanna , asteroidee also
* The related names
Joanna ,Jane ,Joan ,Johannes
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