Juanita (given name)

Juanita is a feminine given name. Juanita is the Spanish diminutive for the name Juana, but it is sometimes given as a name in its own right, across linguistic contexts. ^[1] English speakers sometimes use a phonetic spelling of the name, such as Waneta or Wanita. Notable holders of the name include:

• Juanita Abernathy (1931–2019), American civil rights activist
• Juanita Bartlett (1927–2014), American screenwriter
• Juanita Broaddrick (born 1942), American nursing home administrator
• Juanita Brooks (1898–1989), American historian
• Juanita Bynum (born 1959), American gospel singer
• Juanita Casey (1925–2012), British writer and animal trainer
• Juanita Castro (1933–2023), Cuban dissident, sister of Fidel Castro
• Juanita Coco (1975–1993), Australian singer
• Juanita Craft (1902–1985), American civil rights activist
• Juanita du Plessis (born 1972), Namibian-Afrikaans singer
• Juanita Frances (1901–1992), Australian-born British feminist
• Juanita García (1943–2014), American singer
• Juanita García Peraza (1897–1970), Puerto Rican religious leader
• Juanita Hall (1901–1968), American actress
• Juanita Hansen (1895–1961), American actress
• Juanita Helms (1941–2009), American politician
• Juanita Helphrey (1941–2018), Native American community leader, church worker
• Juanita Jennings (born 1952), American actress
• Juanita M. Kreps (1921–2010), American economist
• Juanita Moore (1914–2014), American actress
• Juanita Nathan, Canadian politician
• Juanita Nielsen (born 1937), Australian journalist, missing since 1975
• Juanita Parra (born 1970), Chilean drummer
• Juanita Quigley (1931–2017), American child actress
• Juanita Sánchez (died 1992), American social worker
• Juanita Spinelli (1889–1941), American criminal
• Juanita Tate (1938–2004), American community organizer
• Juanita Ollie Diffay Tate (1904–1988), American economics professor
• Juanita Terry Williams (1925–2000), American politician
• Juanita Urrea (born 2000), Colombian beauty queen and engineer
• Waneta Storms, Canadian actress
• Wanita Dokish (1936–2016), American baseball player
• Wanita Lynch (born 1958), Australian gymnast
• Wanita May (born 1975), Canadian high jumper

References

1. Hawthorn, Ainsley (2020-08-21). "Wherefore Art Thou Juanita? The Life of a Spanish Name in Newfoundland" . Names: 1–13. doi: 10.1080/00277738.2020.1805290 . ISSN   0027-7738.

See also

• Juana
• Janie (given name)