# Juanita

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #32,879

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Spanish.

## Etymology
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 Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.

## Easily confused with
- **junta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juanita-vs-junta)
- **Juana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/juana-vs-juanita)
- **janata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/janata-vs-juanita)

## Common misspellings (9)
`jaunita`, `jjuanita`, `juainta`, `juaniat`, `juanitta`, `juannita`, `juantia`, `junaita`, `ujanita`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/juanita