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| related names = Joana, Joan, Joanna
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'''Joanne''' is a common given name for females, being a variant of [[Joanna]], the feminine form of [[John (name)|John]] and is derived from the Latin name [[Johanna]] and has a hebrew meaning of "God is Gracious". In [[Northern Ireland]] of 1975, "Joanne" was the most frequently used name for female newborns, though by the early years of the 21st Century, the name had declined in popularity so that it could not be counted among the twenty most frequently used.<ref>{{cite press release
| title = Jack and Emma were the most popular first names in Northern Ireland in 2003
| publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]]
| date = 2004-01-02 | accessdate = 2008-02-14
| url = http://www.groni.gov.uk/Publication/512004111434.pdf | format = PDF
| quote = (see tables "Comparison with 1975" and "Top 20 Names 2000-2003")
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People with the given name '''Joanne''':
* [[Joanne Accom]], pop singer from Melbourne, Australia
* [[Joanne Brackeen]], American jazz pianist
* [[Joanne Colan]], video blogger
* [[Joanne Fluke]], American mystery novelist
* [[Joanne Herring]], American political activist
* [[Joanne Kelly]], Canadian actress
* [[J. K. Rowling]], British author, whose given name is ''Joanne Rowling''
* [[Joanne Shenandoah]], singer and acoustic guitarist
* [[Joanne Whalley]], British actress
* [[Joanne Woodward]], American actress, Academy Award winner in 1957, for The Three Faces of Eve; Wife of [[Paul Newman]], American Actor
* [[Jo Anne Worley]], American actress
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