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Meaning & Origins
From Old French Jo(h)anne, and so a doublet of Joan. This too was revived as a given name in its own right in the first half of the 20th century. It has to some extent been influenced by the independently formed combination Jo Anne.
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English and Scottish: occupational name for a maker of objects of wood, metal, or bone by turning on a lathe, from Anglo-Norman French torner (Old French tornier, Latin tornarius, a derivative of tornus ‘lathe’). The surname may also derive from any of various other senses of Middle English turn, for example a turnspit, a translator or interpreter, or a tumbler.
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Nicknames & variations
Joann, Joanna, Joan, Joannie, Joanie, Joane, Joana, Joannah, Joani, John
Turnbull, Turney, Turnage, Turnbow, Turnipseed, Turnquist, Turnbaugh, Turnbough, Turnmire, Turnbo
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