Juan
| Juan |
| Pronunciation |
/xwan/ |
| Gender |
Male |
| Origin |
| Word/Name |
Spanish |
| Meaning |
"The Lord is gracious" |
| Region of origin |
Spain |
| Other names |
| Related names |
Juana, John, Jon |
| Juan |
| Pronunciation |
/tɕy̯ɛn/ |
| Gender |
Female (娟, 绢, 隽, etc.) or Unisexual |
| Origin |
| Word/Name |
Chinese |
| Region of origin |
China |
Juan is a given name, the Spanish language version of John. It is very common in Spain (its origin) and in Spanish-speaking communities around the world. The feminine form is Juana, or Juanita on its diminutive.
Juan (Mandarin pronunciation: [tɕy̯ɛn]; 娟, 隽) is also a common feminine given name for Chinese, although Chinese given names are not fixed. "卷", which is homophonic with the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be translated as "fascicle", "scroll", "chapter" or "volume". Typically, this is pronounced, as the Spanish name sometimes is in British locales, as two syllables instead of the one and with a voiced instead of an aspirated J.
Famous people
- Juan Almeida Bosque, hero of the Cuban revolution
- Juan Andrés y Morell, Spanish littérateur and historian
- Juan Antonio Samaranch, President Olympic Committee
- Juan Bosch, first 'cleanly' elected president of Dominican Republic
- Juan Carlos I of Spain, the reigning King of Spain
- Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan author
- Juan de la Cierva, Spanish civil engineer and pilot, inventor of the autogyro
- Juan Dominguez y Valdez, Texan military
- Juan Domingo Perón, Argentine general and politician, elected three times as President of Argentina
- Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter born as Alberto Aguilera Valadez
- Juan Gris, Spanish painter
- Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, Spanish physicist
- Juan Leal, First Mayor of San Antonio, Texas
- Juan Antonio Llorente, 18th century historian
- Juan Luis Vives, Spanish scholar and humanist
- Juan Luis Arsuaga, Spanish paleontologist
- Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956
- Juan Rulfo (1917–1986), Mexican author
- Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena, Spanish medieval writer
- Juan Manuel Blanes, Uruguayan painter
- Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine racing driver
- Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian President-Elect
- Juan Mata, Spainish footballer who plays for English club Chelsea F.C.
- Juan Miro, Catalan painter
- Juan Pierre, Chicago White Sox starting Left fielder and leadoff hitter
- Juan Roman Riquelme, Argentine footballer
- Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer who completed the first circumnavigation of the world
- Juan Sebastián Verón Argentine footballer
- Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer, commonly known as Juan
- Juan Trippe the founder of Pan American World Airways
- Gov. Juan Valdez, colonial governor of Texas.
- Juan de Yepes Álvarez, Spanish poet and Catholic Saint (Saint John of the Cross)
Fictional characters
See also