Juan
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Alternative spellings

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

Etymology


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

Proper noun


Juan
    • 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")
 
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