Juan
The Spanish form of John, from the Latin for "god is gracious". Fewer than 2,000 men in Poland carry it, rare enough that most people here have never met one.
Juan Pronunciation
Juan is pronounced YOO-ahn (/ˈjuan/).
What Juan means
Where Juan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Juan begins in Latin, in the name Iohannes, which the Romans took from Greek and the Greeks from a Hebrew phrase meaning god is gracious. Spanish speakers wore it down to two bright syllables, and that shortness helped it travel far.
The name belongs to Saint John. Across Spain his feast falls on the 24th of June, and the night before, towns light bonfires for the Noche de San Juan, one of the oldest dates in the festive calendar. So every Juan shares a name-day with midsummer fire.
On a Polish class register the form stays Juan, unbent by our grammar, plainly Spanish. It has no Polish diminutive to soften it. What the name keeps, from Latin down to now, is its first meaning: god is gracious.
How many people are named Juan
1 in 11118 men in Poland is named Juan. 1,956 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #710 among male names.
Juan's popularity over time
3 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1265 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2022. Still the #710 name among living men, even as it slips to #1265 among newborns.
Where Juan is most popular
Juan is most popular in Łódź, 468% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+217%) and Masovian (+103%).
Juan as a middle name
Juan is a first name for 1,956 men in Poland and a middle name for another 136, a 93/7 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 603rd, between Brandon (136) and Julien (136).
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601
137René
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136Brandon
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603136Juan
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604
136Julien
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135Matias