Juana

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Juana is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.2M records spelled Juana13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Guatemala, United States, Venezuela, Peru

  Languages: English, Dutch, Danish

  Also written JuĀnā, Jūana, Jûåńå, Jūāñā

• Catalan given name115K records spelled Juana5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Peru

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Juaña, Juanã

• a separate given name100K records spelled Juana2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Bolivia, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Juan-A

• German given name6.5K records spelled Juana7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Spain, Peru

  Languages: German, English

  Also written Juanae, Juanä, Juanaé, Juanã

• Polish given name4.5K records spelled Juana21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Poland, Spain

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Юана, Хуана, Yuana, Huaña, Huana

• Hindi given name4.0K records spelled Juana8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Peru, India

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala

  Also written Jüana, Juanã

• Lao given name3.7K records spelled Juana7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Chile, Peru

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written ฮวนน่า, Jüąną, Huanna, ฮวนนา, Juänä

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Juana is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Spanish feminine form of Juan

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• In Swahili, Reciprocal form of -jua: to understand one another, to compromise

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Juana Enríquez de Mendoza y Fernández de Córdobab. 1425ESAragonese queen
• Joan of Portugalb. 1439PTnot in their usual namePortuguese infanta
• Joanna la Beltranejab. 1462ESnot in their usual nameCastillian infanta and queen, queen consort of Portugal
• Juana I of Castileb. 1479ESQueen of Castile from 1504 and of Aragon from 1516
• Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugalb. 1535ESnot in their usual nameSpanish infanta, Austrian archduchess, Portuguese princess
• Juana Inés de la Cruzb. 1651MXMexican writer, philosopher, playwright and poet
• Mercedes of Orléansb. 1860ESnot in their usual nameQueen consort of Spain
• Mirtha Legrandb. 1927ARnot in their usual nameArgentine actress and television presenter
• Juanita Castrob. 1933CUnot in their usual namesister of Fidel Castro, stateswoman (1933-2023)
• Juana Acostab. 1976COColombian actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 925 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Juana?

We estimate roughly 333 thousand people bear Juana (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Juana have the most bearers?

Juana is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled juana.

How common is Juana compared with other names?

In Mexico, Juana is the 28th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Juana a male or female name?

Juana is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Juana mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Jane, Jean, Joan, Joanne, or Joanna