Joan is a either sex name. It can be boy or a girl name. Mostly a boy would be named this.
joan bennett
Jo if it is a nickname for Joanne, Joan, etc.
Joan Williams
Jo if it is a nickname for Joanne, Joan, etc.
Joan Ciccone's birth name is Joan Gustafson.
Joan Blondell's birth name is Blondell, Rose Joan.
Veronica, Magdalene, Maria, Agnes, Joan, Bernadette. (Any female name which was the name of a Saint.)
I believe that they determined that Joan of Arc was a girl on the day she was born.
Yes, Joan is a name.
No, Joan is a female name. Think of Joan Rivers.
Joan Jett's birth name is Joan Marie Larkin.
Joan Rydell's birth name is Joan Reddell.