MEANING & HISTORY
What does Joven mean?
The independently documented given-name field is spelled Joven. The Royal Spanish Academy separately records joven from Latin iuvenis, describing youth or being young.
This is a supported reading of the exact Spanish word; it does not establish a universal naming intention or claim that the recorded adults were young when observed.
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Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
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Public-record transcription
5
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
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Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
JOVENCSV record 1,318 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Joven in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Joven
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Joen·Older Scandinavian form of Jon or Johan
- Jovan·Serbian and Macedonian John-name form
- Jover·As a Catalan word: an ox-team ploughman
- Beven·As a Dutch word: to tremble or shake
- Joan♀English form of Joanna; God is gracious
- Joe♂Short form of Joseph
- Joel♂Yahweh is God
- Joey♂Affectionate form of Joe or Joseph
What rhymes with Joven?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- RAE–ASALE: joven (opens in a new tab)
Exact word from Latin iuvenis and youthful senses; independent word reading, not universal name-origin claim.