MEANING & HISTORY
What does Juana mean?
Juana is the Spanish feminine counterpart of Juan. Through Joanna and related Greek and Latin forms, it belongs to the Hebrew Yohanan family, conventionally translated God is gracious.
The name is also recorded as a Spanish borrowing in Tagalog and Cebuano. Its meaning comes from that inherited personal-name history; Juana is not an ordinary Tagalog word with a separate literal definition.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /huˈwana/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈhwaː.n̪ɐ]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈwana/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈwaː.n̪ɐ]Standard-Tagalog
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Juana.
a female given name from Spanish
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Juana.
a female given name from Spanish
EnglishEtymology & source
From Spanish Juana, from Old Spanish Johanna, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
A female given name from Spanish.
SpanishEtymology & source
Feminine form of Juan (“John”), from Latin Johannes.
a female given name, equivalent to English Jane, Jean, Joan, Joanne, or Joanna
EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English John, Johan, Johannes, from Anglo-Norman Jehan, Johan, and also Old English Iohannes, both from Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān), perhaps contracted from a former יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān, “God is gracious”). Doublet of Jack, Jon, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Sean, Shane, Shaun, Ian, Ivan, Evan, Juan, Giovanni, and Yahya.
A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle Ages.; Used generically for a man whose actual name may not be known.; Used frequently to form an idea personified, as in John Bull, John Barleycorn (see derivations below).
EnglishEtymology & source
A clipped or hypochoristic form of Joanna, from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of John and Jack. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
A female given name from French, a feminine form of John.; A male given name from Catalan, a form of John.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
A female given name from Latin [in turn from Hebrew].
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People with the name Juana
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Juana Molina
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Juana Bactat
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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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 ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Juana Molina, Juana Bactat
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Juana 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 Juana
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
- Jana♀God is gracious; Czech John-family form
- Joana♀Portuguese and Catalan feminine John-family form
- Juan♂God is gracious
- Ana♀Grace or favour
- Dana♂♀Surname-derived name; also short for Daniel
- Diana♀Name of the Roman goddess, related to divine
- Ivana♀God is gracious; feminine Ivan-family form
- Johana·Iohanna and John family: Yahweh is gracious
What rhymes with Juana?
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Recorded combinations with Juana
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
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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.
- Wikidata given-name item Q10862524 — Juana (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Juana Molina (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q10862524 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Juana Bactat (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q10862524 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Juana (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Juana (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Juana (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Juana (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Juana (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Juana (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Juana (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Juana (opens in a new tab)
Name formation and linguistic history; consulted existing imported etymology.