# Juan
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʍɑːn/, /wɑːn/
* Rhymes: -ɑːn

### Proper noun

Juan
* A male given name from Manx or Spanish, equivalent to English John.

### See also

* Juan Fernández
* Juan-les-Pins
* Monte San Juan
* Nuevo Edén de San Juan
* San Juan del Gozo
* San Juan Nonualco
* San Juan Opico
* San Juan Talpa
* San Juan Tepezontes

## Classical Nahuatl
### Alternative forms

* jua, juã, juan, xihua, xihuan
* Juº, juº (abbreviation)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃiwaː(n)/

### Proper noun

Juan
* a male given name from Spanish
** 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 noxihuatoAna spoke and said to her older brother Juan Miguel […] "I don't have many children, only my little Juan"

#### Related terms

* Juana

### References

* James Lockhart, Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford University Press (1991), pages 70–71.

## Manx
### Pronunciation

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### Proper noun

Juan m
* a male given name, equivalent to English 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

* (John): Ean, Eoin

#### Derived terms

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

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish Johan, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (yókhanan, literally “Yahweh is gracious”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxwan/ [ˈxwãn]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: Juan

### Proper noun

Juan m
* John (Biblical character)
** 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Marcos 1:9:Y aconteció en aquellos días, que Jesús vino de Nazaret de Galilea, y fué bautizado por Juan en el Jordán.And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.(KJV)
* a male given name, equivalent to English John or Sean
* John (book of the New Testament)

#### Derived terms

* Juanito
* Juan Bautista
* noche de San Juan

#### Related terms

* Iván (“Ian, Ivan, Evan”)
* Juan el Bautista
* Juana

#### Descendants

* → Carolinian: Wan
* → Classical Nahuatl: Juan
* → Chinese: 胡安 (Hú'ān) (transliteration)
* Don Juan → Chinese: 唐璜 (transliteration)
* → English: Juan
* → Tagalog: Juan

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish Juan. As a common noun, either above or as a shortening of Juan dela Cruz.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /huˈan/ [ˈhwan̪]
*** Rhymes: -an
** IPA: /suˈan/ [ˈswan̪] (obsolete)
* Syllabification: Ju‧an

#### Proper noun

Juán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔)
* (biblical) John
* (biblical) John (book of the New Testament)
* a male given name from Spanish

##### Alternative forms

* Suan — obsolete

##### Related terms

* 1 Juan
* 2 Juan
* 3 Juan
* San Juan

#### Noun

Juán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔)
* Joe; everyman

##### Related terms

* Juan dela Cruz

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 范 (Hoān), spelling modeled after the above popular Filipino given name, Juan, using Philippine colonial Spanish orthography.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /huˈan/ [ˈhwan̪]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: Ju‧an

#### Proper noun

Juán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜈ᜔)
* a surname from Hokkien

##### Alternative forms

* Suan

##### See also

* Hwan