Zhanna as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Zhanna

What is the meaning of the name Zhanna ?

The baby name Zhanna is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced ZHAH-nah.

Zhanna is Belarusian, French, Hebrew, Russian, Ukrainian in Origin.

Zhanna is the standard romanization of Russian Жанна, also used in Ukrainian and Belarusian contexts. The immediate source is French Jeanne, older Jehanne, a feminine form of Jean. Behind it stand Latin Iohanna/Iohannes and Greek Iōannēs, from Hebrew Yôḥānān or Yəhôḥānān, built from the divine element Yāhû/Yəhô- and ḥānan, to be gracious; the literal sense is Yahweh has been gracious.

In East Slavic naming, Жанна is a relatively modern borrowing rather than an old Orthodox calendar form, gaining visibility through French cultural prestige and the Russian rendering of Jeanne d’Arc as Zhanna d’Ark. It remained recognizable in Soviet and post-Soviet usage, borne by figures such as singer Zhanna Aguzarova and actress Zhanna Friske. Cognate forms include Jeanne, Johanna, Joanna, Ivana, Jana, and Janine; affectionate Russian forms include Zhannochka and Zhanka. In the United States it is rare, with SSA records showing only small annual counts in the 2000s and 2010s.