Ioana or Oana is a female

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Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

origin. It is the equivalent of the English name Joan, 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 * Second E ...

, all of which derive from the

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name

Yohanan Yohanan ('), sometimes transcribed as Johanan, is a Hebrew male given name that can also appear in the longer form of ('), meaning "YHWH is gracious". The name is ancient, recorded as the name of Johanan, high priest of the Second Temple around ...

. A common diminutive is

Ionela Ionela is a Romanian feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ionela Loaieş (born 1979), Romanian artistic gymnast * Ionela Stanca-Galca (born 1981), Romanian team handball player * Ionela Târlea (born 1976), Romanian track an ...

. People with this name include: * Ioana Ciolacu * Ioana Maria Aluaş *

Ioana Badea Ioana Badea (born 22 March 1964) is a retired Romanian rower who won a gold medal in the quadruple scull A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated as a 4x, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowin ...

* Ioana Bortan *

Ioana Bulcă Ioana Bulcă (born 7 January 1936) is a Romanian film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1955 and 2007. Selected filmography * '' The Mill of Good Luck'' (1955) – Ana * ' (1961) – Silvia * ''A Woman for a Season'' (1969) * '' ...

* Ioana Craciun * Ioana Diaconescu *

Ioana Flora Ioana Flora (born 22 March 1975) is a Romanian actress. She appeared in more than twenty films since 2001. She was born in Pančevo, Yugoslavia (now in Serbia); her father, was a noted writer and journalist. After the Romanian Revolution of 19 ...

* Ioana Gașpar * Ioana Mihalache *

Ioana Raluca Olaru Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. The winner of eleven singles and fifteen doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,WTA ...

* Ioana Rudăreasa * 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 universit ...

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

Oana Ban Oana Mihaela Ban (born 11 January 1986 in Cluj-Napoca) is a retired Romanian people, 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 an ...

* Oana Chirilă * Oana Corina Constantin * Oana Gregory *

Oana Manea Oana Andreea Lefter (née: Manea; born 18 April 1985) is a former handball player. 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'' ("Hono ...

* Oana Niculescu-Mizil * Oana Pantelimon * Oana Paveluc *

Oana Pellea Oana Dariana Pellea (born 29 January 1962) is a Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, ...

* Oana Petrovschi

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