Juwan

Where Juwan comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Juwan.

  • 2 syllables
Juwan through the years
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #4,230 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Juwan Howard born
    American basketball player and coach
  3. 1991
    Around this time: Juwan Howard and the Fab Five
    Person, 1991 · Source
  4. 1992
    Juwan Staten born
    American basketball player
  5. 1997
    Peak, #380
    641 babies named Juwan, the most in any year.
  6. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #837.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Jawan; variant form Juwann.
Namesakes
  • Juwan Howard · American basketball player and coach, born 1973
  • Juwan Staten · American basketball player, born 1992
  • Juwan Morgan · American basketball player, born 1997
  • Juwan Johnson · American football player, born 1996
  • Juwan Thompson · American football player, born 1992

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. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.