Jane, Joan, Jean, Joanne, Jo(h)anna, Shawna, Jeanette, Janine

These are all feminine forms of John, which comes from Hebrew, meaning "God is gracious"
Arabic
Armenian Ohanna
Basque Jone, Yoana
Breton Janig, Jann, Jannedig, Jannet
Bulgarian† Yoanna, Ioanna, Zhana, Jana
Catalan .Joana
Croatian Zhjan, Joana
Czech Johana, Jana, Ivana
Danish Jane, Joan, Johanne
Dutch Johanna, Hansje, Jaantje
Finnish Jaana, Jenna, Jonna, Johanna
French Jeanne, Jeannette
Galician .Xoana
German Johanna
Greek † Ioanna
Hawaiian Kini/Ioana
Hebrew**† Yochana
Hungarian Zsanett, Janka
Icelandic Jóhanna
Irish Gaelic Siobhán, Sinéad, Síne
Italian Giovanna
Latvian Jana, Janina
Lithuanian Joana, Joanna
Norwegian Janne
Polish Janina
Portuguese Joana
Romanian Ioana
Russian † Ivana
Scottish Gaelic Seonaid, Sìne
Spanish Juana, Juanita
Swedish Johanna, Janna
Welsh Siân, Siwan
Yiddish Yachna, Yachne

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