Janes

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For other uses of Janes or Jane's, see Janes (disambiguation).

Janes is an English patronymic family name. Its root is believed to be from the possessive of the given name Jan (see Jayne), John or Ian. In England, the name appears to have its densest roots in Bedfordshire and Gloucestershire as well as a few in the East End of London though migration has spread it across the country and the English-speaking world. There are two coats of arms associated with Janeses, one Gloucester based and the other Kent based. Janes is an uncommon given name.

Janes Family Name
Region of origin	English language
Related names	given names "Jane", "Jan"
Popularity	Behind the Name
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Janes

Equivalents exist in other languages, most often in pronunciation rather than spelling:

• Eanes
• Ianes
• Iōannēs (Greek)
• Janeš (Czech)
• Jänes

People with the name Janes include:

• Alfred Janes (1911 - 1999), Welsh artist
• Clara Janés (born 1940), Spanish poet, writer and translator
• Dominic Janes (born 1994), American actor
• Henry Fisk Janes (1792 - 1879), American politician
• J. Robert Janes (born 1935), Canadian author
• Laine Jänes (born 1964), Estonian politician
• Paul Janes (1912 – 1987), German footballer
• Peep Jänes (born 1936), Estonian architect
• Phil Janes (born ?), science fiction comedy writer
• Richard Janes (born 1978), English actor, film and theatre director

[edit] See also

• Jane is an extremely common Anglo-Saxon first name and occasional surname. It is common for the forms "Janes" (plural), "Jane's" (possessive) and "Janes" (corrupted possessive) to occur. The omission of punctuation in Internet references has made the last form increasingly common in recent years.
• Jaynes