Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Juanna isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Juanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 138
- 0 boys · 138 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 560 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Juanna’s family of names
Juanna has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jane.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Juanna, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
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4% boys · 96% girls
Lynna
“a man of the lake”
>99% girls
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>99% girls
Pollyanna
Pollyanna is a feminine given name from Hebrew.
>99% girls