Juan

See also: juan, juàn, juān, jüan, and juǎn

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʍɑːn/, /wɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Proper noun

Juan

1. A male given name from Manx or Spanish, equivalent to English John.

See also

• Juan Fernández
• Juan-les-Pins
• Monte San Juan
• Nuevo Edén de San Juan
• San Juan del Gozo
• San Juan Nonualco
• San Juan Opico
• San Juan Talpa
• San Juan Tepezontes

 

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• jua, juã, juan, xihua, xihuan
• Juº, juº (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Spanish Juan, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוחנן (yókhanan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiwaː(n)/

Proper noun

Juan

1. a male given name from Spanish
   • 1583, grant of a site for a house, San Miguel Tocuillan (Tetzcoco):

     onquimitalhui yn anatzin quimolhuili yn iatzin jua migeltzin […] camo miactin niquipian nopilhua ca ça yehuatl y noxihuato

     Ana spoke and said to her older brother Juan Miguel […] "I don't have many children, only my little Juan"

Related terms

• Juana

References

• James Lockhart, Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford University Press (1991), pages 70–71.

Manx

Proper noun

Juan m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John

   Cheayll mee voish Juan jiu.

   I heard from John today.

   Ta mee reih Juan erskyn Jamys.

   I choose John in preference to James.

Synonyms

• (John): Ean, Eoin

Derived terms

• Juan Boght
• Juan Doo
• Juan Gorree
• Juan Gorrym
• Juan Haink Noal
• Juan Joarree
• Juan Mooar
• Juan shooyl
• Juan y Phaiyl

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Juan	Yuan	N'yuan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish Johan, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (yókhanan, literally “Yahweh is gracious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxwan/ [ˈxwãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Juan

Proper noun

Juan m

1. John (Biblical character)
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Marcos 1:9:

     Y aconteció en aquellos días, que Jesús vino de Nazaret de Galilea, y fué bautizado por Juan en el Jordán.

     And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

     (KJV)

2. a male given name, equivalent to English John or Sean
3. John (book of the New Testament)

Derived terms

Diminutives

• Juanito

 

• Juan Bautista
• noche de San Juan

 

Related terms

• Iván (“Ian, Ivan, Evan”)
• Juan el Bautista
• Juana

 

Descendants

• → Carolinian: Wan
• → Classical Nahuatl: Juan
• → Chinese: → 胡安 (Hú'ān) (transliteration)
• Don Juan → Chinese: → 唐璜 (transliteration)
• → English: Juan
• → Tagalog: Juan

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /huˈan/ [ˈhwan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Ju‧an

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish Juan. As a common noun, either above or as a shortening of Juan dela Cruz.

Proper noun

Juán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

1. (biblical) John
2. (biblical) John (book of the New Testament)
3. a male given name from Spanish

Noun

Juán (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

1. Joe; everyman

Alternative forms

• Suan — obsolete

Derived terms

• 1 Juan
• 2 Juan
• 3 Juan
• Juan dela Cruz
• San Juan

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 范 (Hoān), spelling modeled after the above popular Filipino given name, Juan, using Philippine colonial Spanish orthography.

Proper noun

Juán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

1. a surname from Hokkien

Alternative forms

• Suan

See also

• Hwan