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[Opinions] Re: Johannah
by juli-faye
1/30/2009, 12:05 PM
in reply to a message by babyblues
I love it! Probably because its my cousin's name, and we're like sisters. I prefer this spelling to the traditional one- it makes more sense to me. The name Hannah has an h on the end, so why wouldn't Johannah?
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- Bear   +1
1/30/2009, 3:43 PM
Because Johanna is the feminine form of Johannes. The Germans have been spelling it that way for centuries.Etymologically, Hannah is not connected at all to John / Johannes / Johanna. It is confusing, though.
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- abbasdaughter
1/31/2009, 5:30 AM
Well, Hannah means grace and John means God's gracious gift or gift from God or something like that and both come from Hebr., so there may be more etymological connection than you realize... That said, I do prefer it w/out the h on the end.
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