Joan is mainly a female name in the English language, but is a male name in Catalan, Occitan, and Dutch. It is related to the names John, Jane, Jean, Jeanne, Johan, Joanna, Juan, João, Ivana, Jovan, Jovana, Ioan, Ioana, Jan, Jann, Yanne, Jouan, Ioan, and Siobhán.
The English female name is an English form of the Old French name Johanne, a female variant of the male name Johannes. The name ultimately derives from the Biblical Hebrew name יוחנן Yôḥānān, short for יהוחנן Yəhôḥānān, meaning "Yahweh is merciful". People and fictional characters named Joan include:
Saint Joan (disambiguation)
Joan of Arc (c. 1412–1431), French Roman Catholic saint and martyr
Joan I (disambiguation)
Joan I (disambiguation)
Joan of England (disambiguation)
Joan of France (disambiguation)
Joan of Habsburg (disambiguation)
Joan of Naples (disambiguation)
Joan of Navarre (disambiguation)
Joan of Portugal (disambiguation)
Joan of Scotland (disambiguation)
Joan of Valois (disambiguation)
Joan, Lady of Wales (1188–1237), wife of Llywelyn the Great, the Prince of Wales, and daughter of King John of England
Joan, Countess of Blois (died 1292)
Joan the Lame (1293–1348), first Queen consort of Philip VI of France
Joan of Lancaster (1310–1345)
Joan of Lusignan (died 1322)
Joan, Duchess of Brittany (1319–1384)
Joan of The Tower (1321–1362), first Queen consort of David II of Scotland ⋅
Joan of Kent (1328–1385), Princess of Wales, "the fair maid of Kent", wife of Edward the Black Prince and mother of King Richard II of England
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (c. 1379-1440), daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, wife of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem
Joan of Spain (1535–1573), Infanta of Spain
Joan Allen, American film actress
Joan Armatrading, British singer
Joan Baez, American folk singer-songwriter
Joan Barclay, American actress
Joan Bennett, American stage, film and television actress
Joan Benoit, American marathon runner
Joan Caulfield, American film actress
Joan Collins, English television and film actress and author
Joan Crawford, American actress
Joan Cusack, American film actress
Joan Didion, American writer
Joan Fontaine (1917−2013), British-American actress
Joan B. Hague, New York assemblywoman 1979–1982
Joan Hansen, American long-distance runner
Joan Hickson (1906-1998), British actress
Joan Jara (née Turner), British-Chilean dancer and widow of Víctor Jara
Joan Jett, American musician
Joan Kennedy (disambiguation)
Joan Marie Laurer, American pornographic actress, bodybuilder, model, and former professional wrestler Chyna
Joan Leemhuis-Stout, Dutch politician
Joan Lindsay, Australian author, best known for her novel Picnic at Hanging Rock
Joan Onyemaechi Mrakpor, Nigerian politician
Joan Orenstein, Canadian actress
Joan Rivers (1933−2014), American comedian, talk show host and businesswoman
Joan Shakespeare, sister of William Shakespeare
Joan Sutherland, Australian opera singer
Joan Wyndham, British writer and memoirist
John (knez) or Joan, a cneaz in Wallachia around 1247
Joan Capdevila (born 1978), Catalan footballer
Joan Cornellà (born 1981), Catalan cartoonist and illustrator
Joan Daemen (born 1965), Belgian cryptographer and inventor of Rijndael
Joan Gamper (1877–1930), Swiss-born Catalan footballer and businessman most famous as the founder of FC Barcelona
Joan Gaspart (born 1944), Catalan businessman and president of FC Barcelona (2000–2003)
Joan Laporta (born 1962), Catalan lawyer and president of FC Barcelona (2003–2010)
Joan Llaneras (born 1969), Spanish track cyclist
Joan Martorell (1833–1906), Catalan architect
Joan Miró (1893–1983), Catalan artist
Joan Mir (born 1997), Spanish motorcycle racer
Joan Ribó (born 1947), Spanish politician
Joan Sebastian (1951-2015), Mexican vocalist
Joan Manuel Serrat (born 1943), Catalan and Spanish song-writer
Joan Verdú (born 1983), Catalan footballer
Joan Voûte (1879–1963), Dutch astronomer
Pope Joan, 9th century legend
Joan Watson, on the TV series Elementary, played by Lucy Liu
Sow Joan, an Animal Crossing series character
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