Juana is a
Spanish female first name. It is the feminine form of
Juan (English
John), and thus corresponds to the English names
Jane,
Janet,
Jean,
Joan Joan may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters
*: Joan of Arc, a French military heroine
* Joan (surname)
Weather events
* Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multi ...
, and
Joanna.
Juanita is a common variant. The name Juana may refer to:
People
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Juana I (1479–1555), Queen of Castile and Aragon
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Juana Rosa Aguirre (1877–1963), Chilean first lady
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Juana Azurduy de Padilla (1780–1862), South American military leader
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Juana Barraza (born 1957), Mexican serial killer
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Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza (1875–1942), Mexican writer
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Juana Bormann (1893–1945), German war criminal
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Juana Briones de Miranda (1802–1889), American landowner
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Juana Castro (born 1933), Cuban exile
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Juana de Ibarbourou (1892–1979), Uruguayan poet
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Juana Enriquez (1425–1468), Queen of Aragon
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Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), Mexican scholar
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Juana Teresa Juega López
Juana Teresa Juega López (Laxe, 8 April 1885 – Melide, 3 December 1979) was a Spanish poet of Galicia who wrote in Galician and Spanish.
Biography
She was the daughter of the doctor, Ramón Juega Charlín. From the age of five to thirte ...
(1885-1979), Galician-language Spanish poet
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Juana Lumerman (1905–1982), Argentine artist
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Juana Manuel (1339–1381), Queen of Castile
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Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892), Argentine writer
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Juana María de los Dolores de León Smith (1798–1872), Spanish noblewoman
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Juana Maria (1811–1853), Native American castaway
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Juana Molina (born 1961), Argentine singer-songwriter
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Juana Romani (1869–1924), Italian painter
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Juana Ross Edwards (1830-1913), Chilean philanthropist
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Juana de J. Sarmiento (1899-1979), Colombian politician, activist
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Juana Saviñón (born 1980), Dominican volleyball player
See also
*
Juanita (disambiguation)
Juanita may refer to: Names/places
*Diminutive of Juana, a female given name in Spanish
* Mummy Juanita, or "The Ice Maiden", 15th-century Inca mummy discovered in 1995
*Juanita, Kirkland, Washington, a neighborhood of the city of Kirkland
*Juanita ...
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Spanish feminine given names
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