Juan

See also juān, juǎn, juàn, and jù’àn

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• jua
• juã
• juan
• xihua
• xihuan
• Abbreviation: Juº, juº

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃiwaː(n)/

Etymology

From Spanish Juan, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōannēs), from Classical Hebrew יוחנן (yókhanan).

Proper noun

Juan

1. A male given name
   • 1583: grant of a site for a house, San Miguel Tocuillan (Tetzcoco)

     onquimitalhui yn anatzin quimolhuili yn iatzin jua migeltzin [...] camo miactin niquipian nopilhua ca ça yehuatl y noxihuato

     (Ana spoke and said to her older brother Juan Miguel ... "I don't have many children, only my little Juan")

Related terms

• Juana

References

• 1991, Lockhart, James, Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconqust Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page pp. 70–71:

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Manx

Proper noun

Juan m.

1. A male given name, Manx equivalent to John.
   • Cheayll mee voish Juan jiu.
     • I heard from John today.
   • Ta mee reih Juan erskyn Jamys.
     • I choose John in preference to James.

Synonyms

• Ean
• Eoin

Derived terms

• Juan Boght
• Juan Doo
• Juan Gorree
• Juan Gorrym
• Juan Haink Noal
• Juan Joarree
• Juan Mooar
• Juan shooyl
• Juan y Phaiyl

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Spanish

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōannēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān) "Yahweh is gracious".

Pronunciation

• IPA: /xwan/

Proper noun

Juan (m)

1. (biblical) John.
2. A male given name.
3. One of the Gospel books of the New Testament.

Quotations

• 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Marcos 1:9

  Y aconteció en aquellos días, que Jesús vino de Nazaret de Galilea, y fué bautizado por Juan en el Jordán.

Related terms

• Juana
• Juan el Bautista