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Jaunita

Jaunita: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“God is gracious”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
wah-NEE-tuh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Jaunita is most likely a variant spelling of Juanita, the Spanish diminutive of Juana, from Hebrew Yohanan. The expected traditional spelling is Juanita.

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How popular is Jaunita?

20240 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Jaunita in 20240

Peak year1923

Total US babies since 18806,892

Jaunita was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Jaunita

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JuanitaGod is gracious · Spanish
  • Jadestone of the side · Spanish
  • Savannahtreeless plain · Spanish
  • Catalinapure · Spanish
  • Amayamother city · Spanish
  • Ximenameaning uncertain · Spanish
  • Aitanafrom the Aitana mountain · Spanish
  • Lolasorrows · Spanish

Jaunita questions

What does the name Jaunita mean?

Jaunita means "God is gracious". It comes from Spanish. Jaunita is most likely a variant spelling of Juanita, the Spanish diminutive of Juana, from Hebrew Yohanan. The expected traditional spelling is Juanita.

Is Jaunita a boy or girl name?

Jaunita is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jaunita?

Jaunita was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1923.

How do you pronounce Jaunita?

Jaunita is usually pronounced wah-NEE-tuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.