Juan
English
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ʍɑːn/, /wɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Classical Nahuatl
    
    
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
- 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"
 
 
 
- 1583, grant of a site for a house, San Miguel Tocuillan (Tetzcoco):
Related terms
    
References
    
- James Lockhart, Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford University Press (1991), pages 70–71.
Manx
    
    
Proper noun
    
Juan m
- 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.
 
 
Derived terms
    
- Juan Boght
- Juan Doo
- Juan Gorree
- Juan Gorrym
- Juan Haink Noal
- Juan Joarree
- Juan Mooar
- Juan shooyl
- Juan y Phaiyl
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
- 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.
 
 
 
- a male given name, equivalent to English John or Sean
- John (book of the New Testament)
Tagalog
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /huˈan/, [ˈhwan]
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)
- (biblical) John
- (biblical) John (book of the New Testament)
- a male given name from Spanish
Alternative forms
    
- Suan — obsolete
Derived terms
    
Etymology 2
    
Borrowed from Hokkien 范 (Hoān), spelling modeled after the above popular Filipino given name, Juan, using Philippine colonial Spanish orthography.
Alternative forms
    
See also
    
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