Juwan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies

Juwan by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Juwan. In the US, 17 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 641 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Juwan

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Juwan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Juangod is gracious; a form of John2,980 in the US (2017)
  • Jowanform of john, god is gracious17 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jawanyoung man or soldier10 in the US (2017)
  • Juwon8 in the US (2017)
  • Julianyouthful; of Jupiter8,415 in the US (2017)
  • Judahpraised or he will be praised1,939 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Juwan

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