Etymograph

English

Juana

Juana comes from Spanish Juana, and goes back to Koine Greek Ἰωάννα.

  1. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἸωάνναIōánna
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Johanna
  3. Old Spanishc. 950–1500same form
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentJuana
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἸωάνναIōánna
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Johanna
  3. Old Spanishc. 950–1500same form
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentJuana
  5. Englishtodaysame form

The story

From Spanish Juana, from Old Spanish Johanna, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.

Every English word from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα

Today it means

name A female given name from Spanish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Koine Greek Ἰωάννα / Juana

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