Jani is a surname.
The Indian surname[1] meaning 'learned' (from Sanskrit jnana, 'knowledge') is found among Brahmins in the western state of Gujarat,[2][3]
and is a Gotra and surname among Jats and Bishnois in the Western Rajasthan[4][5][6][7][8]
Gyani, an honorific title from Sikhism also meaning learned, is from the same root
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