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Juan is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of John. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippines, and also in the Isle of Man (pronounced differently). The name is becoming popular around the world and can be pronounced differently according that region. In Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to Johnny) is , with feminine form (comparable to Jane, Joan, or Joanna) , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to Janet, Janey, Joanie, etc.).

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Given name.name
Juan
Given name.gender
Male
Given name.petname
(Spanish)
Given name.feminine
(Spanish)
Given name.region
Spain/Philippines/Latin America/Isle of Man
Given name.origin
Spanish derivation of Johnor Manx derivation of John
Given name.meaning
"Yahweh has been Gracious", "Graced by Yahweh" (Johanan)
Given name.related names
John, Euan, Evan, Giovanni, Hans, Hovhannes, Ian, Ioan, Ioane, Ivan, Iban, Ioannis, Iven, Ifan, Jack, Jackson, Jan, Jane, Janez, Jean, Joan, João, Johan/Johann, Johanan, Johannes, Jon, Jonne, Jovan, Juhani, Seán, Shane, Siôn, Yahya, Yohannes

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Commons category
Juan (given name)
native label
Juan
Soundex
J500
Cologne phonetics
06
Caverphone
YN11111111
Latvian transcription
Huans
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Juan is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of John. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippines, and also in the Isle of Man (pronounced differently). The name is becoming popular around the world and can be pronounced differently according that region. In Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to Johnny) is , with feminine form (comparable to Jane, Joan, or Joanna) , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to Janet, Janey, Joanie, etc.).

== Chinese terms == '''''' ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. '''''' () The Chinese character 卷, which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese book and can be translated as 'fascicle', 'scroll', 'chapter', or 'volume'.

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