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Juanita

Juanita proper noun: a female given name from Spanish.

Proper noun

Juanita

  1. A female given name from Spanish.

Origin of Juanita

From Spanish Juanita, from Juana + -ita (“-ette”), 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. Doublet of Janet, Jeanette, Jeannette, Shanae, and Sinead.

Words formed from Juanita

Phrases with Juanita

Questions about Juanita

What does Juanita mean?
Juanita means a female given name from Spanish.
What part of speech is Juanita?
Juanita is a proper noun.

Words near Juanita in the dictionary

  1. Juanez
  2. Juaneño
  3. Juaneños
  4. Juang
  5. juanilama
  6. Juanita
  7. Juanita Doe
  8. Juanita Does
  9. juanitaite
  10. juanite
  11. juans

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