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.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

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"

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

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
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
JuanYuanN'yuan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Quotations

  • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Marcos 1:9:
    Y aconteció en aquellos días, que Jesús vino de Nazaret de Galilea, y fué bautizado por Juan en el Jordán.

Derived terms

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

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: Juan
  • English: Juan
  • Tagalog: Juan

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish Juan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhwan/, [ˈhwɐn]

Proper noun

Juan m

  1. (biblical) John
  2. a male given name from Spanish

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhwan/, [ˈhwɐn]

Proper noun

Juan

  1. a surname from Min Nan of Chinese origin

See also

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