Juan
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Juan, the Spanish version of John, is understood as “God is gracious.” The most famous Juan may be the fictional seducer Don Juan; others include Argentina’s Juan Perón and coffee icon Juan Valdez. In the 1986 film Highlander, an ancient Immortal going by the alias Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez prepares Connor MacLeod for his fight against the Kurgan.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Boys, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Sci-Fi Baby Names
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Usage of Juan in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Juan against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Juan is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Juan in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 2,318 boys were named Juan, making it the #159 boys' name in the US. Since 1880, 365,606 boys have been named Juan, with the most (8,231) in 2005. It is most common, relative to births, in Texas, Nevada and California.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Juan in other languages
- Jan Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Romanian, Slovenian, Swedish
- Hannes Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Swedish
- Ivan Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Slovenian
- Ivo Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Italian, Slovenian
- Johannes Dutch, Estonian, German, Norwegian, Swedish
- Jon Danish, English, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
- Иван Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian
- Hans Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish
- Iwan Dutch, German, Polish, Welsh
- Jack Dutch, English, Irish
- Johan Dutch, German, Swedish
- John Dutch, English, German
- Sean Dutch, English, Irish
- Evan Dutch, Welsh
- Gianni Dutch, Italian
- Giovanni Dutch, Italian
- Ian Dutch, English
- Ioan Romanian, Welsh
- Iván Hungarian, Spanish
- Johann Dutch, German
- Johnny Dutch, English
- Gian Italian
- Gioan Vietnamese
- Hanns German
- Honza Czech
- Ibán Spanish
- Ieuan Welsh
- Ifan Welsh
- Ioannes Latin
- Ion Romanian
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Juan
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Juan, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Hurricane Juan (Category 2) | 2003 | North Atlantic | 167 km/h |
| Hurricane Juan (Category 1) | 1985 | North Atlantic | 139 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Juan
There are 4,180 towns and villages with Juan in their name, in 32 countries.
🇲🇽 Mexico 2379🇵🇪 Peru 279🇵🇭 Philippines 179🇧🇴 Bolivia 177🇨🇺 Cuba 156🇻🇪 Venezuela 126🇨🇴 Colombia 117🇬🇹 Guatemala 109
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| San Juan | San Juan, 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 418,140 | Map |
| San Juan | National Capital Region, 🇵🇭 Philippines | 134,312 | Map |
| San Juan | San Juan, 🇦🇷 Argentina | 109,123 | Map |
| Juan Díaz | Panamá, 🇵🇦 Panama | 100,636 | Map |
| San Juan | Loreto, 🇵🇪 Peru | 78,153 | Map |
| San Juan | Texas, 🇺🇸 United States | 36,556 | Map |
| Juan Griego | Nueva Esparta, 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 28,256 | Map |
| San Juan | San José, 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 26,047 | Map |
| Juan Aldama | Chihuahua, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 18,642 | Map |
| Juan Aldama | Zacatecas, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 15,431 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Juan
There are 85 lakes and reservoirs with Juan in their name, in 15 countries.
🇲🇽 Mexico 34🇺🇸 United States 15🇨🇴 Colombia 8🇻🇪 Venezuela 8🇬🇹 Guatemala 5🇧🇴 Bolivia 3🇨🇦 Canada 2🇪🇸 Spain 2
| Name | Where | |
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| Don Juan | Zacatecas, 🇲🇽 Mexico | Map |
| Juan | Chihuahua, 🇲🇽 Mexico | Map |
| Juan Aldama | Guanajuato, 🇲🇽 Mexico | Map |
| Juan Alonso | Tamaulipas, 🇲🇽 Mexico | Map |
| Juan Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Juan Lake | New Mexico, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lac Juan | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| San Juan | Guanajuato, 🇲🇽 Mexico | Map |
| San Juan | Sonora, 🇲🇽 Mexico | Map |
| San Juan | Chihuahua, 🇲🇽 Mexico | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Juan songs
21 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Juan in their title. The best known:
- Don Juan – Richard Strauss (1889)
- Réminiscences de Don Juan – Franz Liszt (1841)
- Don Juan
- En mi Viejo San Juan (1943)
- Don Juan – Ernesto Ponzio (1898)
- Don Juan – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (1969)
- Don Juan – Fanny Lu (2012)
- Don Juan – Claudia Leitte (2010)
- Juan Bautista – Abel Moreno (2000)
- Juan Charrasqueado – Jorge Negrete (1945)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Juan
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Juan.
Juan Alberto Estrada
Juan Almeida Bosque
Juan Antonio Bayona
Juan Antonio Flecha
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Fictional characters named Juan
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Juan as a pet name
FurryName has found 14 dogs named Juan in public pet registers, making it the #5,303 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Golden Plains Shire (1), Zurich (1), Cambridge (1). Juan as a dog name →
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