Juana is a

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female name. It is the feminine form of ''

Juan ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philip ...

'' (English ''

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

''), and thus corresponds to the English names Jane,

Jean Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * J ...

, Joan, and

Joanna Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from . Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, Jean, and Jeanne. The earliest recorded occurrence of th ...

. The feminine diminutive form (male equivalent to ''Johnny'') is Juanita (equivalent to ''

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'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc). It is very common in

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

, the other

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around the world, and in the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

. The name ''Juana'' may refer to:

People

Juana I Joanna of Castile (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), historically known as Joanna the Mad (), was the nominal queen of Castile from 1504 and queen of Aragon from 1516 to her death in 1555. She was the daughter of Queen Isabella I of Castile ...

(1479–1555), Queen of Castile and Aragon *

Juana Rosa Aguirre Juana Rosa Aguirre Luco (November 20, 1877 – December 8, 1962) was First Lady of Chile (between December 25, 1938- November 25, 1941) and the wife of President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Pedro Abelino Aguirre Cerda (; February 6, 1879 – Novemb ...

(1877–1963), Chilean first lady *

Juana Azurduy de Padilla Juana Azurduy de Padilla (July 12, 1780 – May 25, 1862) was a guerrilla military leader from Chuquisaca, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (now Sucre, Bolivia).Pallis, Michael “Slaves of Slaves: The Challenge of Latin American Women” (Lo ...

(1780–1862), South American military leader * Juana Barraza (born 1957), Mexican serial killer *

Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza (27 January 1875 – 13 July 1942) was a Mexican journalist, activist, revolutionary, and teacher. She is best known for her opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz; her writings critiquing the Mexican ...

(1875–1942), Mexican writer *

Juana Bormann Johanna Bormann (misspelled: Juana Bormann); 10 September 1893 – 13 December 1945) was a German prison guard at several Nazi concentration camps from 1938. She was executed as a war criminal at Hamelin after a court trial in 1945. Early ...

(1893–1945), German war criminal *

Juana Briones de Miranda Juana Briones de Miranda (c. 1802 – 1889) was a Californio ranchera, medical practitioner, and merchant, often remembered as the "Founding Mother of San Francisco", for her noted involvement in the early development of the city of San Francisco ...

(1802–1889), American landowner *

Juana Castro Juana de la Caridad "Juanita" Castro Ruz ( , ; 6 May 1933 – 4 December 2023) was a Cuban-American activist and writer, as well as the sister of Fidel and Raúl, both former presidents of Cuba, and Ramón, a key figure of the Cuban Revolut ...

(born 1933), Cuban exile *

Juana Cruz Juana Cruz de la Casa (; 12 February 1917 – 18 May 1981), also known as Juanita Cruz (), was a Spanish woman bullfighter, considered one of the pioneers in Spanish women's bullfighting. Early life Even when she was a little girl, Cruz began ...

(1917–1981), Spanish bullfighter *

Juana Dib Juana Dib (Salta City, August 2, 1924 - Salta City, August 29, 2015) was an Argentine poet, journalist, and teacher. Biography The daughter of Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch, Syrian Greek Orthodox Christian parents from Tumin, in the Hama ...

(1924-2015), Argentine poet, journalist, and teacher *

Juana de Ibarbourou Juana Fernández Morales de Ibarbourou, also known as Juana de América, (March 8, 1892 – July 15, 1979) was a Uruguayan poet and one of the most popular writers of Spanish America. Her poetry, the earliest of which is often highly erotic, is ...

(1892–1979), Uruguayan poet *

Juana Enríquez Juana Enriquez, 5th Lady of Casarrubios del Monte (1425 – 13 February 1468) was Queen of Aragon and de facto Queen consort of Navarre as the wife of King John II. Juana Enríquez was the Regent of Navarre during the absence of her husban ...

(1425–1468), Queen of Aragon *

Juana Inés de la Cruz Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (12 November 1651 – 17 April 1695), was a Hieronymite nun and a Mexican writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, nicknamed "Th ...

(1651–1695), Mexican scholar *

Juana Larando Juana Larando (fl. 1630) was a female privateer from the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque city of San Sebastián, Donostia in Spain. She was a widow who had an inn as well as part ownership of a sailing/rowing ship called a Patache, p ...

(fl. 1630), Basque female

privateer A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign o ...

* Juana Lecaros (1920–1993), Chilean visual artist and poet *

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 thir ...

(1885-1979), Galician-language Spanish poet *

Juana Lumerman Juana Lumerman (1905 – 1982) was an Argentine Visual arts, visual artist who painted in both figurative and abstract styles. Lumerman graduated with a degree in painting in 1935 from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires. Lumerma ...

(1905–1982), Argentine artist * Juana Manuel (1339–1381), Queen of Castile *

Juana Manuela Gorriti Juana Manuela Gorriti Zuviria (15 June 1818 – 6 November 1892) was an Argentine writer with extensive political and literary links to Bolivia and Peru. She held the position of First Lady of Bolivia from 1848 to 1855. With the publication o ...

(1818–1892), Argentine writer *

Juana María de los Dolores de León Smith Juana María de los Dolores de León, Lady Smith (27 March 1798 – 12 October 1872), was the wife of General Sir Harry Smith, Governor of the Cape Colony. Biography Born into an old Spanish noble family, she was a descendant of Juan Ponce d ...

(1798–1872), Spanish noblewoman *

Juana Maria Juana Maria (died October 19, 1853), better known to history as the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island (her Native American name is unknown), was a Native Californian woman who was the last surviving member of her tribe, the Nicoleño. She live ...

(1811–1853), Native American castaway *

Juana Molina Juana Rosario Molina Villafañe (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and former actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been descr ...

(born 1961), Argentine singer-songwriter *

Juana Romani Juana Romani (born Carolina Giovanna Carlesimo; 30 April 1867 – 13 June 1923) was an Italian-born French portrait painter and artists' model. Biography She was born in Velletri (Latium, Italie) on April 30, 1867. At the age of ten, she m ...

(1869–1924), Italian painter * Juana Ross Edwards (1830-1913), Chilean philanthropist * Juana de J. Sarmiento (1899-1979), Colombian politician, activist * Juana Saviñón (born 1980), Dominican volleyball player

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