Jan - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Jan \

, also used as girl's name Jan, is pronounced yahn, jan. It is of Danish and Slavic origin. Variant of John (Hebrew) "God's grace". 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 very common first name for men (#489 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#18166 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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