Names like Juan
Juan is a one-syllable Spanish name that ends in -an. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same sound
One syllable, ending the same way as Juan.
Dean English · surname/title, "valley" or church official
Jian Chinese · varies by character: often 建, 'build, establish', or 健, 'strong, healthy'; a pinyin-era given name
Jean French · God is gracious
Sean Irish · "Yahweh is gracious," John come home to Ireland through the Norman French Jehan; anglicized without its accent mark, it became a mid-century Irish-American signature and spun off the phonetic Shawn and Shaun
The same roots
Also Spanish names, from the tradition Juan comes from.
Cristian Spanish · Romanian form of Christian, and a Spanish, Italian and Portuguese variant
Esteban Spanish · form of Stephen, Greek "crown"
Cruz Spanish · "cross"
German Spanish · Spanish form of Germanus, Latin for 'brother'
The same feel
Also classic and international names.
Ean Scottish · variant spelling of Ian/Eoin, "God is gracious"
Julian Latin · from the Roman family name Iulianus, itself derived from Julius; the deeper origin is uncertain
Tuan Vietnamese · handsome, intelligent (refugee-generation families often paired this with the English name Tony)
Luan Vietnamese · human bonds and ethics; written Luân
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2000s, the same decade as Juan, on a similar curve.
Johan Scandinavian · Scandinavian/Dutch/German form of John, traditionally translated 'God is gracious'
Evan Welsh · "Yahweh is gracious," as the Welsh form of John, worn smooth through Ieuan and Ifan; centuries of use in Wales, then an easy crossover into the American mainstream. All the heritage of John with none of its ubiquity
Bryan Irish · variant of Brian, traditionally "noble, high"
Johnathan Hebrew · variant spelling of Jonathan, "Yahweh has given"
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