Meaning of the surname Joan

The Meaning and Etymology of the Surname Joan

One could reasonably argue that Joan is the most famous first and last name in the Christian world. It has been recorded since the 12th century AD in every European country and in a variety of spellings, totaling over 1400. These range from basic forms like Jon or John (England & Wales), Evan (Wales), Ian (Scotland), Shane (Ireland), Ivan (Russia), and Jean (France) to Italian variations Giovanni, Zanni, and Zoane, Polish Janus, Czech Jan, Janak, and Jansky, diminutive forms Jenkin, Jeannet, Nannini, Zanicchi, and Gianuzzi, patronymic names Johnson, Joynson, Jenson, Jocie, Ivanshintsev, and Ivashechkin.

However, all spellings are derived from the biblical Hebrew "Yochanan," which translates to "the one favored by Jehovah (with a son)." The name became particularly popular after the 12th century, when returning Crusaders from the Holy Land often named their children in memory of the father's pilgrimage, resulting in biblical names that later evolved into surnames. The earliest records of surnames can be found in Britain, including Thomas John in the "Hundred Rolls" of Buckinghamshire in 1279 and Arnold Johan in the "Letter Book" registry of London in 1280. The first recorded spelling of the surname in any form is believed to be Pertus Johannis in 1230 AD, found in documents known as the "Close Rolls" of Suffolk County during the reign of King Henry III of England, 1216 to 1272.

Mossèn Jaime Febrer cited in his Trovas: "Rodelín de Juan can enter the line of noble captains of your council (of Jaime I). He came (to Valencia) from Germany in this war, and it was necessary for you, father, to listen to the advice of this gentleman, to continue the conquest; their dispositions were very correct, as he knew the king that his opinion did not deceive him. He painted on his shield a golden eagle on a red background, referring to the beloved disciple of St. John the Evangelist of Salvador, whose name was his surname."

This patronymic surname had various lineages in Valencia, Aragon, Mallorca, Catalonia, Asturias, Cantabria, Navarre, the Basque Country, León, and Toledo.

In Navarre, they owned ancestral houses in the town of Berbinzana, in Merindad de Olite owned by María Johan; in the town of Miranda de Arga, in Merindad de Olite owned by García de María Johan; in the town of Andosilla, in Merindad de Estella, owned by the children of Bartolomeo de Johan; in the municipality of Sesma, in Merindad de Estella, owned by Pero Martín Johan, Fortún Domingo Johan, Johan de Martín Johan, and the sons of Martín Johan, documented in the Firefight of Navarre in 1329, and in the town of Olite, owned by G Johan, Per Johan, Lop de M. Johan, B. Johan, G. Johan, M. Johan and D. Johan, documented in the burning of 1244.

In Aragon, they had ancestral homes in Formigales with owner Pedro Joan, Baile; in Costeán, owner Domingo Johan; in Binaced owned by Steva de Pere Joan; in Monzón owner Remón Johan; in Almudévar, owners Sancho Johan, Mossén Domingo Johan and the widow of Peri Johan; in Espés Alto owner Ramón Johan; in Tolva (all in Huesca) owned by Antoni Johan; in Albalate del Arzobispo, owned by Domingo Johan and Pero Johan; in La Codoñera owned by Frenchwoman Joan; in Muniesa owned by Mossén Anthoni Johan, clergyman; in Josa, owned by Martín Johan; in Hoz de la Vieja, owned by Martín Johan; in Puertomingalvo, owned by Anthon Domech de Joan; in Rubielos de Mora, owned by Jayme Joan; in Torrijas, owned by Francisco Johan; in Corbalán, owned by Matheu Joan; in Camañas, owned by Domingo Joan and Martín Joan; in Fuentes Calientes owned by Martín Joan; in Armillas owned by Pedro Joan; in Blesa, owned by Mateu Joan; Montesa owned by Jayme Johan; in Bádenas owned by Jayme Johan; in Monforte de Moyuela (all in Teruel), owned by the widow of Domingo Johan; in La Muela, owned by Guillen Johan; in Saragossa, owned by Bernat Johan, Mari Johan, María Johan, Peri Johan, Pero Joan, and Petit Johan; in La Almunia de Doña Godina, owned by Ferrando Johan and Mingo Johan; in Aguarón owned by Domingo Johan; in Encinacorba owned by Anton Johan, Domingo Johan and Martín Johan; in Azuara, owned by Bernat Johan; in Abanto owned by Francisco Joan; in Bubierca, owned by Anthon Joan; in Cervera de la Cañada, owned by Paricio Joan; in Villarroya de la Sierra, owned by Martín Joan; in Embid de la Ribera, owned by Anthon Joan, Domingo Joan and Mingo Joan; in Elbows, owned by Mingo Johan; in Añón, owned by Pero Johan; in Orés owned by Peri Johan; in Borja owned by Sancho Johan; and in Mequinenza (all in Zaragoza) owned by Miguel Joan, documented in the Aragonese Foferación of 1495; in Daroca (Zaragoza), owned by Eximinus Joan, P. Joan, Egidius Joan and Lázaro de Pero Joan, mentioned in 1230, and in Teruel, owned by Domingo Juhan, Domingo Juhan, Domingo Juhan, Mari Juhan, and Mari Juhan, documented in 1384-1387; and in the town of Huesca, owned by Arnault Joan, Domingo Joan, María Joan, and Pero Joan, mentioned in 1284.

In Catalonia, the owner Guillem Joan settled their solar houses in Granollers; in San Ginés de Vilasar (both in Barcelona), the owner Mestre Joan; in Selva de Mar, the owner Miguel Pere Joan; in Hostalrich (both in Girona), the owners Antoni Joan, Mestre Joan, Mestre Joan, and Mestre Joan; in La Torre, the owner Mateu de Joan; in Surp, the owners Mestre Joan and Mestre Joan; in Albet, the owner Joan de Joan; in Organañá, the owner Maestre Joan; in Pons, the owner Mado Joan; in Agramunt, the owner Jaume Joan; in Hostaranchs, the owner Jaume Joan; in Rialp, the owner Antoni Joan; in the town of Lleida, the owner Jaume Juan; in Termens, the owner Antoni Joan; in Mas de Bondía, the owner Bertomeu Joan; in Puigvert de Agramunt, the owners Jaume Joan and Mestre Joan; in Castellnou, the owner Jaume Joan; in Torrefeta, the owner Toni Joan; in Masoteras, the owner Macia Joan; in Sanahuja (all in Lleida), the owner Joan Joan; in Ulldecona, the owners Bernat Joan, Pero Joan, and Vicent Joan; in Alcanar, the owners Bertomeu Joan, Miguel Joan, and Vicent Joan; in Tortosa, the owners Antoni Joan, Miguel Pere Joan, and Mossén Pere de Joan; in Corbera, the owners Antoni Joan and Mestre Joan; in Falset, the owners Pere Joan and Pere Guiu Joan; in Bellmunt del Priorat, the owners Jaume Joan and Pere Joan; in Dosaiguas, the owner Mestre Joan; in Montbrió de la Marca, the owners Mestre Joan and Mestre Joan; in Cambrils, the owner Mestre Joan; in Constantí, the owner Mossén Pere Joan; in Montblanch, the owners Francesch Joan and the widow of Toni Joan; in Conesa, the owners March Joan and Mossén Matia Joan; in Sarreal, the owner Antoni Joan; and in Santa Coloma de Queralt (all in Tarragona), the owner Luis Joan, documented in the Catalan Fogeración of 1553; in Cervera (Lleida), the owner Berthó Joan, mentioned in 1332-1333, and in Corsá (Girona).

Other solar houses were located in Palma de Mallorca and in the city of Messina (Sicily). In the Basque Country, they had solar houses in Gurendes, the brotherhood of Valdegovía, and in the city of Vitoria, mentioned in the 16th century.

Urbano Juan, priest of Uclés (Cuenca), tested his purity of blood to enter the Order of Santiago as a monk in 1374.

The following people proved their purity of blood to enter the Order of Montesa: Antonio Juan y Micó, native of Ollería in Valencia (son of Pedro Juan and Jacinta Rosa Micó and paternal grandson of Pedro Pablo Juan and Ana Martí), in 1719, and Luis Juan y Matheu, native of Vallada in Valencia (son of Onofre Juan and Magdalena Matheu and paternal grandson of Miguel Juan and Ana Albalada), in 1644.

They served as ministers of the Holy Office and the brotherhoods of San Pedro Mártir de Verona from 1616 to 1635: Miguel de Juan from Miedes (Zaragoza) and his wife María Gómez, and Miguel de Juan from Almudévar (Huesca) and his wife Isabel Montero.

Antonio Juan y de Centellas was appointed the first Marquis of Centellas by King Carlos II through his royal appointment of October 5, 1666, as a Knight of the Order of Calatrava and Regent of the Council of Italy. He married Aurelia Mercader and they were the parents of María Juan y Mercader, married to Tomás de Cavanillas y Fenollet, the third Count of Casal and Gentleman of the Royal Chamber, with children.

There were military or noble brothers who held the positions of Mayor-Domo and advisers of the Brotherhood of San Jaime de Valencia, and those who participated in the meetings: Bernardo Juan, from 1507 to 1514; Francisco Juan, son of Lorenzo Juan, in 1515; Francisco Juan, Doncel, in 1498 and 1504, and Mateo Juan Torres, Commander of Santiago, in 1512.

Cosme Juan crossed to the island of Mallorca during the conquest, inheriting two portions from the farm Punxuat in the district of Montueri.

Raimundo Juan donated the Sacrament and reverence to King Alonso III of Aragon in 1285, as a representative of the town of Valldemosa, and Pedro Juan, representing the same town, swore obedience and loyalty to King Pedro IV in 1343.

Another Pedro Juan, in 1418, was one of the trustees sent by the forensic part of the island to the court of Aragon to explain to His Majesty the needs of the kingdom.

Gregorio Juan was a member of the council for the public good in 1476.

In 1450, Pascual Juan was sent by the donors of carvings as a trustee to King Alonso de Aragon to draw attention to the monarch about the management of public funds.

Jorge Juan was sworn in as a citizen in the city and kingdom of Mallorca in 1510, and in 1522, he was one of the people advocating for the pacification of the city and the reduction of citizens.

Gregorio Juan, who bravely fought against the Moors who landed in Valldemosa on September 30th of the same year and sowed terror and devastation in the city in 1553, owed his courage and bravery to Rafael Juan from the Son Corso de Andraitx estate for the death of the leader of the Turks.

Among the knights who were in possession of the estates of Athens in 1337 and swore obedience to King Don Pedro IV of Aragon was Perot Juan, son of a gentleman from Valencia with the same surname.

According to various historians, the Juan de Valencia family comes from a noble family with this surname, which exerted great influence in ancient Greece and whose descendants came to our homeland at different times.

When King Jaime I the Conqueror besieged Murviedro (now Sagunto), two brothers named Luis and Pedro Juan, disguised as farmers and laden with sheaves of wheat, entered the enclosure defended by the Moors to reconnoiter the fortifications. Discovered by their enemies, they were locked in a cave where they remained without food for seven days. But they managed to sustain themselves by eating the pricks they had brought until they were able to open a hole allowing their escape.

Many knights descended from these two brothers and expanded into other parts of the Iberian Peninsula.

In the Kingdom of Valencia, this family held the first public offices for three hundred years. Bartolomé Juan was a general in the army of Don Pedro IV of Aragon around 1336 and participated in the conquest of the island of Sardinia.

The Parliaments of Valencia, convened to elect the new King of Aragon after the death of Don Martín, were attended by Bernaldo Juan de Tous and Francés Juan, by Antonio Juan, a knight from Valencia and Lord of Tous, who served King Don Juan II when the French besieged Perpignan, while the monarch was in the aforementioned city.

Jaime participated in the Cortes of 1502, where Princess Doña Juana was sworn in, and another Jaime attended those of 1495.

Hernando Juan, a resident of Fuentes de Ebro (Zaragoza), was a delegate of the Infanzón in 1593, and another Hernando Juan, known as "el mayor," a resident of La Almunia de Doña Godina (Zaragoza), was an Inquisitor of the Infanzón in 1602.

Miguel Juan, a resident of Fraga (Huesca), appeared as a Hiendalgo in the Maravedí of 1582.

Guillermo Juan flourished in 1356 and participated in various war companies, while Pedro Juan was sent in 1366 to pay tribute to the aforementioned King Don Pedro IV on the occasion of the marriage of his son, the Infante Don Martín, Duke of Montblanc, to the daughter of the King of France.

Marcos Juan was an ambassador of the King of Portugal, Don Alfonso V, near the King of Castile, Don Juan II in 1425.

In 1426, this family of Juan moved to Xàtiva (Valencia) and was the first knight to set up Martín Juan, governor of its castle, there, a position in which his son Pedro Juan succeeded him.

Other Juan knights served King Ferdinand the Catholic in Naples.

In the Kingdom of Valencia, there were also three branches of this Juan lineage, whose surnames were: Juan de Torres, Counts of Peñalba; Juan de Centelles based in Xátiva; and Juan de Agüillén de Molina y de Cerbí based in Onil (Alicante).

The Juan de Torres family in Valencia included Jorge Juan, who married Ursula Juan. They were the parents of Luis Juan and Juan, who married Francisca de Torres. A descendant of them was Francisco Juan de Torres y Exarch, Viceroy of Mallorca, granted by royal title in Madrid on February 23, 1622. He married Doña Juana Verdugo.

In Alicante, there were also houses of the Juan line that belonged to Cipriano Juan and Bernardo Juan, knights of the Order of Malta.

Knights of the Order of Montesa were: Bernardo Juan in 1490; Jaime de Juan, native of Xàtiva (Valencia), in 1537 Captain of the Spanish Infantry in Tunis, 1510; Jerónimo de Juan in 1530, who died in 1559; and Miguel de Juan y Jofré, Commander of Onda, Sub-commander of the Monastery, Chief Commander in 1522, born in 1470, died in 1535.

Religious members of the Order of Montesa were: Sancho de Juan, Prior of the Masters and the Temple in 1445, in 1420; and Simón de Juan, Prior of San Jorge de Alfama, in 1490.

Juan Jiménez was a founding member of the Brotherhood of Our Lady in Oñate (Guipúzcoa) in 1492. Francisco Jiménez de Ochoa proved his nobility before the ordinary judge of Azpeitia in 1730.

The following individuals proved their nobility before the Sala of the Hidalgos of the Royal Court of Valladolid: Martín Juan de Vequello, a resident of Cervera de Río Alhama (La Rioja) and Agreda (Soria), in 1494; Francisco and Miguel Juan, residents of Palenzuela (Palencia) in 1584; and Pedro de Juan Díaz, a resident of Sotodosos (Guadalajara) in 1566.

Teresa de Juan Fernández, a resident of Mula (Murcia), received a certificate of nobility before the Royal Court of Granada on September 11, 1407.

The following men proved their nobility before the Royal Court of Granada: Pedro Juan, a resident of Campanario, in 1551; and Juan Juan Fernández de Guevara, a resident of Villamayor de Santiago (Cuenca), in 1782.

Alonso Juan Hernández, native of Tordesillas (Valladolid), for familiar, in Valladolid, in 1593, and his wife

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