Ioana or Oana is a female

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

of Romanian origin. It is the equivalent of the English 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) Weather events * Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multi ...

, and the male version John, all of which derive from the Hebrew 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: *

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. Early life Ciolacu was born in Ia ...

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: * I ...

* Ioana Badea *

Ioana Bortan Ioana Andrada Bortan (born 23 January 1989) is a Romanian football midfielder and manager currently under contract with Olimpia Cluj in the Romanian First League. She has played the Champions League with CFF Clujana and Olimpia, and she is a mem ...

* Ioana Bulcă * Ioana Craciun * Ioana Diaconescu * Ioana Flora *

Ioana Gașpar Ioana Gașpar-Ivan (born 17 April 1983) is a professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a t ...

* Ioana Mihalache * Ioana Raluca Olaru * Ioana Olteanu * Ioana Papuc *

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 ...

* Ioana Petcu-Colan * Ioana Petrescu * Ioana Stanciulescu (born 2004), a Romanian artistic gymnast * Ioana Tudoran *

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 pageant in Moscow. Early life Till she was crowned as Mis ...

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 bea ...

* Oana Chirilă *

Oana Corina Constantin Oana Corina Constantin (born 12 November 1991 in Constanța, Romania) is a retired senior Romanian aerobic gymnast.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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Oana Pantelimon * Oana Paveluc *

Oana Pellea Oana Dariana Pellea (born 29 January 1962) is a Romanian actress, the daughter of actor Amza Pellea Amza Pellea (; 7 April 1931 – 12 December 1983) was a Romanian actor noted for playing Romanian national heroes on film. He was born in B ...

* Oana Petrovschi

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