Juán

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Juán is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country, where it is the 3rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Juan, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוחנן (yókhanan).

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 39(inferred from the name graph)
  • PEPeru≈1 in 49
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 53

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Argentina (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,200,000 people, est.

#42 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

9 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
592 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 39 (inferred from the name graph)

Argentina, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

JuánLatin(measured from records)
জীবনBengali(measured from records)
יוהאןHebrew(measured from records)
ଜୀବନOdia(measured from records)
ΧουάνGreek(measured from records)
ЖуанCyrillic(measured from records)
ජීවනSinhala(measured from records)
ჯუანGeorgian(measured from records)
ജവാൻMalayalam(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Juan in AR Argentina, US United States, PE Peru and 3 more and Jüän in DO Dominican Republic.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Juán: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Juán
  1. SpanishJuan(measured from records)
  2. LatinIohannes(measured from records)
  3. Ancient GreekἸωάννηςIōánnēs(measured from records)
  4. Biblical Hebrewיוחנןyókhanan(measured from records)

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

Sources 8

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • Wiktionary
  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Juán counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Juán is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina#3≈1,200,000 est.≈1 in 395.7KJuan258
CN China—≈980,000 est.≈1 in 1.4K—Juan135
CO Colombia#3≈890,000 est.≈1 in 55707Juan294
US United States#120655,6961 in 507651KJuan592
PE Peru#4≈650,000 est.≈1 in 49555KJuan192
DO Dominican Republic—≈230,000 est.≈1 in 4633KJüän131
PY Paraguay#2≈140,000 est.≈1 in 53—Juan107

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENIEC — DNI population names; the co-datosgov-candidates register; JCE — Nombres más registrados (annual). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Juán is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Juan, Ju-An, Júan, Jüan

  • English given name90 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Juan, Ju-An, J'Uan, Ju'An, Jüän

  • Indonesian given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Spain, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Juan, 'Juan, Jųąň, J̌ựǟñ, Jüän

  • Polish given name52 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Peru, Poland

    Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

    Also written Juan, Yuan, Цзюань, Юан, Јуан

  • Korean given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Korea, Peru, Spain

    Also written Juan, 주안, Huan, Juahn, Ju-An

7 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Juán
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CO ColombiaColombia — Función Pública SIGEP II public-servant name corpus (datos.gov.co)—1#120

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Juán mean, and where does it come from?
From Spanish Juan, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוחנן (yókhanan). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 6 other sources.
Is Juán a male or female name?
Juán is a male 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.
In which country does Juán have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 million people named Juán in Argentina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled juan.
How common is the name Juán?
In the United States, the national register counted 655,696 people named Juán in 2020, about 1 in 507 residents.
How common is Juán compared with other names?
In Argentina, Juán is the 3rd most common given name of 119,825 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Juán” — the 3rd most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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