Ioana or Oana is a female
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Romanian
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origin. It is the equivalent of the
English
English usually refers to:
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name
Joan Joan may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters
*:Joan of Arc, a French military heroine
* Joan (surname)
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, and the male version
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
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, all of which derive from the
Hebrew
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name Yohanan. A common diminutive is
Ionela Lonela is a Romanian feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Lonela Loaieş (born 1979), Romanian artistic gymnast
* Lonela Stanca-Galca (born 1981), Romanian team handball player
* Lonela Târlea (born 1976), Romanian track an ...
.
People with this name include:
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Ioana Ciolacu
Ioana Ciolacu Miron (; born November 21, 1982) is a Romanian fashion designer. She received a Designer for Tomorrow Award from Stella McCartney, and has founded her own sustainable fashion Ioana Ciolacu label.
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Ciolacu was born in Ia ...
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Ioana Maria Aluaş Ioana or Oana is a female given name of Romanian origin. It is the equivalent of the English name Joan, and the male version John, all of which derive from the Hebrew name Yohanan. A common diminutive is Ionela.
People with this name include:
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Ioana Badea
Ioana Badea (born 22 March 1964) is a retired Romanian rower who won a gold medal in the quadruple scull
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Ioana Bortan
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Ioana Bulcă
Ioana Bulcă (born 7 January 1933) is a Romanian film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1955 and 2007.
Selected filmography
* '' The Mill of Good Luck'' (1955) - Ana
* ''A Woman for a Season'' (1969)
* '' Mihai Viteazul'' (1971)
* ''The ...
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Ioana Craciun
Ioana Strungaru (née Crăciun; born 4 January 1989) is a Romanian Rowing (sport), rower. She competed in the Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's eight, women's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Ioana Diaconescu
Ioana Lorena Diaconescu (born 30 June 1979, in Bucharest) is a former freestyle swimmer from Romania
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Ioana Flora
Ioana Flora (born 22 March 1975) is a Romanian actress. She appeared in more than twenty films since 2001.
Selected filmography
References
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1975 births
Living people
Romanian film actresses
Romanian people of Ser ...
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Ioana Gașpar
Ioana Gașpar-Ivan (born 17 April 1983) is a professional tennis
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Ioana Mihalache
Ioana Mihalache (born December 28, 1990) is a Romanian actress, model, beauty pageant titleholder, and an economist, who was crowned as Miss Universe Romania 2017. She represented Romania at the Miss Universe 2017 pageant.
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Mihala ...
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Ioana Raluca Olaru
Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. The winner of 11 singles and 15 doubles ITF titles, Olaru reached one WTA singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,WTA TourPetkovic, Olaru Into Final(25 Ju ...
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Ioana Olteanu
Ioana Olteanu (later Călin, born 25 February 1966) is a retired Romanian rower. Competing in eight (rowing), eights she won two gold and one silver medals at the 1992–2000 Olympics and four world titles in 1993 and 1997–1999.
Olteanu retir ...
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Ioana Papuc
Ioana Cristina Rotaru ( Papuc, 4 January 1984) is a Romanian rower. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in women's eight. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she won a gold medal at the same discipline. At the 2012 Su ...
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Ioana Pârvulescu
Ioana Pârvulescu (born 1960) is a Romanian writer. She was born in Brașov and studied at the University of Bucharest. She graduated in 1983 and went on to complete a PhD in literature in 1999. She teaches modern literature at the same university ...
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Ioana Petcu-Colan
Ioana Petcu-Colan is an Irish violinist of Romanian origin, currently living in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Biography
Ioana Petcu-Colan, born in January 1978 in Cork, Ireland is the daughter of Adrian Petcu and of Ruxandra Colan-Pet ...
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Ioana Petrescu
Ioana Maria Petrescu (born July 1, 1980) is a Romanian economist who served as the country's Finance Minister. She is a public policy scholar at Harvard Kennedy School and runs a Romanian NGO "Pur si Simplu Verde" that supports local governments ...
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Ioana Stanciulescu Ioana or Oana is a female given name of Romanian origin. It is the equivalent of the English name Joan, and the male version John, all of which derive from the Hebrew name Yohanan. A common diminutive is Ionela.
People with this name include:
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(born 2004), a Romanian artistic gymnast
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Ioana Tudoran
Ioana Tudoran (born 3 August 1948) is a retired Romanian rower who mostly competed in the quadruple scull
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Oana Andrei
Roxana Oana Andrei (born 14 June 1987) is Romanian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Romania 2013 and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2013
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Oana Ban
Oana Mihaela Ban (born 11 January 1986 in Cluj-Napoca) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic gold medalist with the team and a world silver medalist on beam and with the team. Her best events were the floor and the balance ...
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Oana Chirilă Ioana or Oana is a female given name of Romanian origin. It is the equivalent of the English name Joan, and the male version John, all of which derive from the Hebrew name Yohanan. A common diminutive is Ionela.
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Oana Corina Constantin
Oana Corina Constantin (born 12 November 1991 in Constanța, Romania) is a retired senior Romanian aerobic gymnast.
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Oana Gregory
Oana Gregory (born Oana Andreea Grigoruț; January 9, 1996) is a Romanian-American actress. Established in the United States since October 2002, Gregory became internationally known for roles in Disney productions such as '' Kickin' It'', ''Lab ...
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Oana Manea
Oana Andreea Lefter (née: Manea; born 18 April 1985) is a former handball. She retired from the Romania national team in 2016. Her father, Dumitru Manea was a football player.
She was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' ("Honorary Cit ...
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Oana Niculescu-Mizil
Oana Niculescu-Mizil Ștefănescu (born August 11, 1975) is a Romanian politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2000, with an interlude as an independent during 2012, she sat in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Buchares ...
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Oana Pantelimon
Oana Manuela Pantelimon, née Musunoiu (born 27 September 1972 in Tecuci) is a Romanian high jumper.
At the 2000 Olympic Games Pantelimon ended in third place, tied with Kajsa Bergqvist of Sweden. As the two athletes had an identical ...
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Oana Paveluc
Oana Paveluc (born 14 August 1991 in Braşov, Romania) is a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned new Miss Universe Romania 2010 on 14 July 2010 after Alexandra Cătălina Filip, the original winner, was dethroned, as she refused to sign ...
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Oana Pellea
Oana Dariana Pellea (born 29 January 1962) is a Romanian actress, the daughter of actor Amza Pellea.
Selected filmography
Honours
*Order of the Star of Romania, Officer rank (December 1, 2000).
* Romanian Royal Family
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Oana Petrovschi
Oana Andreea Petrovschi (born 5 February 1986 in Bârlad, Romania) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast.[Ioan
Ioan is a variation on the name John found in Romanian, Bulgarian, Russian, Welsh (), and Sardinian. It is usually masculine. The female equivalent in Romanian and Bulgarian is Ioana. In Russia, the name Ioann is usually reserved for the clergy ...]
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Ion
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Ionel Ionel is a Romanian masculine given name.
People named Ionel
*Ionel Augustin (born 1955), retired Romanian footballer
*Ionel Averian (born 1976), Romanian sprint canoeist
* Ionel Constantin (born 1963), Romanian sprint canoeist
*Ionel Dănciulesc ...
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