Donjuan
Spanish · Boy · 2 syllables
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About the name Donjuan
The name 'Donjuan' means "Sir John" or "Lord John," derived from the Spanish honorific "Don" (from Latin *dominus*, "lord") and the name "Juan" (the Spanish form of John, from Hebrew *Yochanan*, "God is gracious").
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Etymology
The name 'Donjuan' means "Sir John" or "Lord John," derived from the Spanish honorific "Don" (from Latin *dominus*, "lord") and the name "Juan" (the Spanish form of John, from Hebrew *Yochanan*, "God is gracious"). It is primarily used in Spanish-speaking cultures and Western literature, most famously as the archetypal womanizer in Tirso de Molina's 17th-century play *El burlador de Sevilla*, later adapted by Molière, Mozart, and Byron, though it is not tied to a specific religion.
Donjuan currently ranks #12,568 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1977.
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