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What does Juanita mean?
Juanita 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced wah-NEE-tah. It is of Spanish and Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Juanita is "God is gracious". Diminutive form of Juana, from John. Also form of Jane.
ASSOCIATED WITH gracious
Variations
VARIANTS Janita, Juana, Juanetta, Juanisha, Juniata, Junita, Juwaneeta, Juwanita, Nita▼, Wahnita, Wahnna, Wanna, Waneeta, Wanita
SEE ALSO Wanetta
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Juanita Seraphina (J.S.), ..
How popular is Juanita?
Juanita is a very popular first name for females (#135 out of 4276, Top 3%) but a unique last name for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Juanita reached its apex position of #54 in the U.S. during 1920-1929, but is not found in the list at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular alternative forms of Juanita are Jane (#291 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Juana (#1692), John, Junita, Nita, Wanetta and Wanita. These forms of Juanita were popular as baby names during 1920-1929 (ADOPTION OF 0.87%) and are now much less widespread (ADOPTION 0.07%, ▼91.6%), with forms such as Nita falling out of fashion.
Similar Names
Juanita▼ is alike in pronunciation to Anita▼, Annita, Onita, Unita, Waneta and Yonita. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Danita▼, Hanita, Janet▼, Janeta, Janeth, Janett, Janetta, Jania▼, Janica, Janika, Janina, Janit, Janot, Jeanetta, Jeanina, Jenita, Jennita, Jonita, Judita, Julita, Junia, Junot, Laanita (see Anita), Lanita, Ranita, Shanita, Sunita, Tanita, Vanita and Zanita. These names tend to be less frequently used than Juanita.
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