Juan Carlos
This Spanish pairing joins Juan, "god is gracious", with Carlos, "free man". Only 142 men in Poland carry it, and no boys have been given it in years, so most Poles will never meet one.
Juan Carlos Pronunciation
Juan Carlos is pronounced YOO-ahn-TSAHR-los (/ˈjuan ˈt͡sarlɔs/).
What Juan Carlos means
Where Juan Carlos comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Juan Carlos pairs two names with separate roots. Juan descends from the Latin Iohannes, which held the sense "god is gracious." Carlos passes through the Latin Carolus and reaches back to an old word for a free man. Together they read as god is gracious, free man.
In Spain the pairing belongs to one famous man. Juan Carlos I took the throne in 1975, after the death of Franco. He reigned until 2014, then abdicated for his son, Felipe VI. For most Spaniards born in those decades, the name and the king arrived together.
The two halves keep their own weight. One speaks of grace from god, the other of a free man. That is the whole meaning: god is gracious, free man.
How many people are named Juan Carlos
1 in 150325 men in Poland is named Juan Carlos. 142 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2747 among male names.