Juanita

Where Juanita comes from

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.
— Wiktionary's entry for Juanita
  • Spanish
  • Vowel-ended
Juanita through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #333 among girls, with 23 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1914
    Juanita Moore born
    American actress
  3. 1921
    Juanita M. Kreps born
    United States Secretary of Commerce
  4. 1924
    Peak, #48
    5,404 babies named Juanita, the most in any year.
  5. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #108.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Juanita Moore · American actress, 1914–2014
  • Juanita M. Kreps · United States Secretary of Commerce, 1921–2010
  • Juanita Hall · American musical theatre and film actress; singer, recording artist, 1901–1968
  • Juanita du Plessis · South African singer, born 1972
  • Juanita Millender-McDonald · Congresswoman, 1938–2007

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.