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I don't like the sound of the first syllable. It seems dated and unripe in terms of revival.

I associate it strongly with the mummified little girl named Juanita. She was an Inca girl and sacrificed as an offering to the gods. They found her well preserved body in the 1990s. I've never met anyone else with this name which is probably why the association is so strong.

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It also seems like just a nickname to me. Names that end in -ita are usually (always?) nicknames in spanish speaking countries. The full name for this would be Juana. I know that it was quite common for a couple of years in the US, I am wondering whether it was used by the spanish speaking population or by people who didn't know it was a nickname. It also seems a bit dated and will most likely get mispronounced a lot. I don't like it very much but it's okay for someone else.

This message was edited 11/17/2016, 8:29 AM

I like the sound of it.

If pronounced in Spanish I think it's rather cute, but not in an English accent.

Not my style. I don't like it with non-Hispanic surnames in any case.

I love it. It was my grandmother's name - and my sister and her daughter's MN after her

I love it! I first think of Juanita Moore and her heart-rending performance in Imitation of Life.

I rather think of it as the Spanish version of my name. But I don't like it much.

It's kind of cute, though very dated here in the US. It seems to have been somewhat popular on non-Hispanic women born in the early 20th century, and now you rarely even see it on Hispanic women.