Pronunciation | Czech: [jan][1] German: [jan][1][a] Dutch: [jɑn][1] Polish: [jan][1] |
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Gender | male |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Hebrew |
Meaning | "YHWH has been gracious"[2] |
Other names | |
Related names | John, Jaan, Jann, Evan, Giovanni, Hans, Juan, Hovhannes, Ion, Ian, Ioan, Ioane, Ivan, Iven, Ifan, Jack, Jackson, Jane, Janez, Jean, Jhon, Joan, João, Johan/Johann, Johanan, Johannes, Jonne, Jovan, Juhani, Seán, Shane, Siôn, Xan, Xoán, Yahya, Yann, Yohannes |
Jan is a form of John that is used in various languages. (See the “Other names” section in this page's infobox for more variants.)
The name is used in Afrikaans, Belarusian, Circassian, Catalan, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, English (especially in Devon dialect), Dutch, German, Kazakh, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Scandinavian and Finnic languages. It is the most prevalent in the Czech Republic.[3] In English, the name "Jan" is related to "John", but is a shortened form of the first names Janet, Janice, or January, with corresponding pronunciation. It has a separate origin in Persian, Greek, and Armenian.
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