Jan - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Jan \jan\ is pronounced yahn, jan. It is of Danish and Slavic origin. Variant of John (Hebrew) "the Lord is gracious". See also Janson. Painters Jan Van Eyck, Jan Vermeer.

Jan has 4 variant forms: Hans, Janek, Jano and Janos.

For more information, see also the related name Yann.

Baby names that sound like Jan are Ean, Ian, Jean, Juan, Jon and Jian.

Jan is a popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Jan. Click here to compare Jan with related baby names.