Juan - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Juan \

is pronounced wahn. It is of Spanish origin. Variant of John (Hebrew) "God's grace", often used in combination with other names. Basketball player Juwan Howard; baseball player Juan Gonzales; King Juan Carlos of Spain.

Juan has 5 variant forms: Juancarlos, Juanito, Juanluis, Juanpablo and Juwan.

For more information, see also related names DeJuan and Huon.

Baby names that sound like Juan are Euan, Jan, Jean and Jian.

Juan is a very common first name for men (#52 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#6595 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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