First names in Hebrew
First name Juana: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling
יוחנן
Gematria value: 124
Its spelling
In Hebrew, Juana is written יוחנן
For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.
Meaning and origin
What does Juana mean?
Meaning: "God has shown grace" (through Juan, John)
Origin: Hebrew
Juana is the Spanish feminine of Juan, John; its pet form is Juanita. Through the Latin Johanna, it goes back to the Hebrew Yochanan, “God has shown grace”. It is one of the classic names of the Spanish-speaking world.
Gematria
Juana = 124
In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. יוחנן has 5 letters:
- יthe letter Yod10
- וthe letter Vav6
- חthe letter Chet8
- נthe letter Nun50
- ןthe letter final Nun50
- Total124
Written חואנה (as it sounds in English), Juana is worth 70.
The verse of the name
From the letter Yod to the letter final Nun
An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Juana, from י to ן:
יֵלְכוּ יֹנְקוֹתָיו וִיהִי כַזַּיִת הוֹדוֹ וְרֵיחַ לוֹ כַּלְּבָנוֹן׃
“His young shoots will spread out; his splendor will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.”
Hosea 14:7
The book of your first name
Juana, in nine pages
- Juana, in Hebrew
- Letter by letter
- The number of your name
- The verse of your name
- The portrait of Juana
- Juana, day to day
- What tradition says about names
- The sources
Frequently asked
Juana in three answers
How do you write Juana in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Juana is written יוחנן. Juana is the Spanish feminine of Juan, John, from Yochanan, יוחנן in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written חואנה.
What is the gematria value of Juana?
Written יוחנן, Juana is worth 124: the letter Yod (10) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Chet (8) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter final Nun (50). Written חואנה (as it sounds in English), it is worth 70.
What does Juana mean?
God has shown grace" (through Juan, John) (origin: Hebrew). Juana is the Spanish feminine of Juan, John; its pet form is Juanita. Through the Latin Johanna, it goes back to the Hebrew Yochanan, “God has shown grace”. It is one of the classic names of the Spanish-speaking world.
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