Tyrone vs Joanne - What's the difference?

tyrone | joanne |


As proper nouns the difference between tyrone and joanne

is that tyrone is a county in northern ireland while joanne is , a spelling variant of joanne.

tyrone

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A county in Northern Ireland.
  • Any of a number of places in the U.S.A., including a city in Pennsylvania.
  • (chiefly, US) derived from the place names.
  • joanne

    English

    Alternative forms

    * JoAnne, Jo-Anne, Jo Anne * Joann, JoAnn, Jo-Ann, Jo Ann

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1824 , The History of Matthew Wald , E. Duyckinck, Collins & Hannay, page 112:
  • "I have," said I; "and I have seen the young ladies too, except Miss Joanne ."
    "Ye may just as weel lay by the Miss, and ca' her Joan, like her mother afore her, noo -
  • * 1981 , Bodily Harm , Anchor Books, ISBN 0385491077, page 16:
  • She changed it when she was thirty-eight because, as she said, what can you do with a name like Joanne ? Too nice.