Jana

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Jana
Given Name
Gender Female
Meaning Arabic for "it is what you gained" (yajni)
Region of Origin Lebanon
Origin A very old name used in the Arabic world
Related names Janay
Wikipedia articles All pages beginning with Jana
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in Sanskrit, jana means "tribe, people"; see Janapada.

Jana is a woman's given name, which has many origins. In Arabic it is a verb used in the sense of harvesting good things from life. It is also found in the Quran ; God harvested the fruits of heaven. For some it is the name of the Roman goddess Diana, who was often called Jana; for others, Jana is a Slavic short-form for Johanna. Less often, this form is Janna. In India however, Jana is a shortform for the Hindu God Janardhan.

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[edit] People identified as Jana

  • Jana - Native American singer.
  • Jana - Serbian singer


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[edit] Variants

Jaina, Janna, Janne, Jane, Janet, Janka (Bulgarian), Janina (Polish), Janita, Jantina, Janka (Hungarian), Janica, Jaana (Finnish), Janine, Jeanne, Yana.

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