Juana

Juana: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“God is gracious”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
HWAH-nah · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Spanish feminine form of Juan, from Hebrew Yohanan via Greek and Latin. Well-known bearers include Juana I of Castile.

How popular is Juana?

202466.0 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 Juana in 2024221

2024 rank#1,103 girls

Peak year1904

Total US babies since 188018,693

Juana is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Juana

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JuanYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • JuanitaGod is gracious · Spanish
  • JaunitaGod is gracious · Spanish
  • Jadestone of the side · Spanish
  • Savannahtreeless plain · Spanish
  • Catalinapure · Spanish
  • Amayamother city · Spanish
  • Ximenameaning uncertain · Spanish

Juana questions

What does the name Juana mean?

Juana means "God is gracious". It comes from Spanish. Spanish feminine form of Juan, from Hebrew Yohanan via Greek and Latin. Well-known bearers include Juana I of Castile.

Is Juana a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Juana?

221 US babies were named Juana in 2024. Its peak year was 1904.

How do you pronounce Juana?

Juana is usually pronounced HWAH-nah.

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.