juanita
/wɑnˈitə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
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 Janet, Jeanette, Jeannette, Shanae, and Sinead.