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Joan Carles

Component meanings: “God is gracious” + “free man”

Language contexts for this entry: Spanish, Catalan

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No sourced pronunciation yet

Origin: Not established
2 language contexts: Spanish Catalan
Follow the evidence: 4 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Joan Carles

Joan Carles is a masculine given name documented in Spanish and Catalan. It combines Joan (“God is gracious”) and Carles (“free man”), as cited on those names' pages.

Component meanings in the sources

Reported meaning

Component meanings: “God is gracious” + “free man”

These meanings are reported for the names joined in this compound. Their individual pages provide the source accounts.

Sources for this account (4)

Wikidata Q54523142CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: Joan CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Joan (cited meaning “God is gracious”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Carles (cited meaning “free man”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

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Spain

Statistics + language records

Spain, 2025: 1,509 male (rank 1003). Documented as a given name in Spanish, Catalan.

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03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

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Spain

2025 Spelling: JOAN CARLES

Region and dataset

Recorded category male

Latest · 2025: 1,509; people; Rank #1,003
Peak year: 2025; 1,509 people

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Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística · Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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JOAN CARLES in Spain, male: people and rank by year
Year	People	Rank	Status
2025	1,509	1,003	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “JOAN CARLES” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure people. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual population census at 2025-01-01; all published national first-name frequencies of at least 20 residents. A snapshot of current residents, not historical birth registrations.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names held by at least 20 residents nationally are published. Missing names remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Released 2026-04-23 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

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04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms4

Wikidata Q54523142CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: Joan CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Joan (cited meaning “God is gracious”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Carles (cited meaning “free man”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Joan Carles

Joan Carles is a masculine given name documented in Spanish and Catalan. It combines Joan (“God is gracious”) and Carles (“free man”), as cited on those names' pages.

Component meanings in the sources

Reported meaning

Component meanings: “God is gracious” + “free man”

These meanings are reported for the names joined in this compound. Their individual pages provide the source accounts.

Sources for this account (4)

Wikidata Q54523142CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: Joan CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Joan (cited meaning “God is gracious”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Carles (cited meaning “free man”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Joan Carles is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Joan Carles’s connections around the world.

1 country with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Spain

Statistics + language records

Spain, 2025: 1,509 male (rank 1003). Documented as a given name in Spanish, Catalan.

Explore Spain

3 of 3 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Spain

2025 Spelling: JOAN CARLES

Region and dataset

Recorded category male

Latest · 2025: 1,509; people; Rank #1,003
Peak year: 2025; 1,509 people

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística · Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

JOAN CARLES in Spain, male: people and rank by year
Year	People	Rank	Status
2025	1,509	1,003	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual population census at 2025-01-01; all published national first-name frequencies of at least 20 residents. A snapshot of current residents, not historical birth registrations.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names held by at least 20 residents nationally are published. Missing names remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Released 2026-04-23 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms4

Wikidata Q54523142CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: Joan CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Joan (cited meaning “God is gracious”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Carles (cited meaning “free man”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Joan Carles

About Joan Carles

Component meanings in the sources

Where Joan Carles is used

Across borders

Spain

Popularity over time

Spain

History

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Component meanings in the sources

Where Joan Carles is used

Across borders

Spain

Popularity over time

Spain

History

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A story to pass on.

About Joan Carles

Component meanings in the sources

Where Joan Carles is used

Across borders

Spain

Popularity over time

Spain

History

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A story to pass on.

About Joan Carles

Component meanings in the sources

Where Joan Carles is used

Across borders

Spain

Popularity over time

Spain

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

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A name worth keeping.

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