Where the spelling 후안 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 후안 for Juan.
Wiktionary records Juan as a name from Spanish, so it is read as a name in Spanish.
People in the list with this given name:
- 에르난데스 (알바라도), 후안 오를란도 — Hernández (Alvarado), Juan Orlando
- 과이도 (마르케스), 후안 (헤라르도) — Guaidó (Márquez), Juan (Gerardo)
- 와스모시, 후안 카를로스 몬티 — Wasmosy, Juan Carlos Monti
…and 8 more in the list.
Sound by sound
ju후an안
Why it is spelled this way
- This looks like a name in Spanish, so the official Spanish spelling is shown first.
- Matches the National Institute of Korean Language usage list.
Juan by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 114, 128,597 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 후안: 11.
Korean names for Juan
These are the converter’s results for Juan as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
김유안Kim YuanBoy’s name · 66% sound match
김호영Kim HoyeongBoy’s name · 66% sound match
김주안Kim JuanBoy’s name · 60% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 김, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Meaning
Korean names from what Juan means.
Your name means: 은혜 · God is gracious (from Hebrew יוחנן)
김은후Kim EunhuBoy’s name · Meaning: Kind, gentle
김은호Kim EunhoBoy’s name · Meaning: Kind, gentle은 恩 kindness, mercy, charity호 昊 sky
김은우Kim EunuBoy’s name · Meaning: Kind, gentle
김후안Kim HuanYour name, Korean styleHangul-only name — no hanja
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics