Joa Family History
Joa Name Meaning
Hispanic (mainly Dominican Republic): unexplained. German: from the Biblical name Joas from Hebrew Jehoash ‘Yahweh has given’. This surname is found mainly in the northwestern part of Bavaria and in Rhineland-Palatinate. Norwegian: habitational name from the farm name Joa in Rogaland from Old Norse rjóthr ‘clearing grassland in a forest’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022