joan
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joan¹
verb joans · joaning · joaned
- Alternative spelling of jone
Joan²
- /d͡ʒoʊn/ US
- /d͡ʒəʊn/ UK
Rhymes with -əʊn
Where it comes from
A clipped or hypochoristic form of Joanna, from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of John and Jack.
Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
proper noun Joans · Jo · Ione · Jone · Ioane · Joane
- A female given name from French, a feminine form of John. Maybe my mother didn't name me after Joan Crawford after all, I thought; she just told me that to cover up. She named me after Joan of Arc, didn't she know what happened to women like that?
- A male given name from Catalan, a form of John.
noun Joans · Jo · Ione · Jone · Ioane · Joane
- A placeholder or conventional name for any woman, particularly a younger lower-class woman. Ber. O and I forsoth in loue, I that haue been loues whip?... Well, I will loue, write, sigh, pray, shue, grone, Some men must loue my Ladie, and some Ione.
- A kind of close-fitting cap for women popular in the mid-18th century. A grocer's wife attractd our eyes by a new-fashioned cap called a Joan.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: joanne, jane, jeanne, juana, johan, juan, john, hainan, king, jean, darby, hurry, jan, giovanna, joana, qiong
Talk about this word "joan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/joan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. joan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/joan "joan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/joan.Cite this
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title = {joan},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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