Jan (name)
| Jan |
| Pronunciation |
English: /ˈdʒæn/, else [ˈjan] |
| Gender |
Male and Female |
| Origin |
| Meaning |
God is Gracious |
| Other names |
| Related names |
John (male); Janice, Janet (female) |
Jan is a variant of John in Catalan, Dutch, English, Afrikaans, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic Languages (in Slovak, spelled Ján), also a shortened form of Janice or Janet. It also has separate origin in Arabic.
People
- Jan Amos Komenský, Czech teacher, scientist, educator, and writer
- Jan de Hartog (1914–2002), Dutch writer
- Jan Björklund, Swedish politician
- Jan Buijs (1889-1961), Dutch architect
- Jan de Wit (born 1945), Dutch politician and lawyer
- Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech baroque composer
- Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist, and physiologist, discoverer of Purkinje cells
- Jan E. Goldstein, Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of History at the University of Chicago.
- Jan Guillou, Swedish journalist and author
- Jan van Eyck, Flemish painter
- Jan Hus (burned 1415), Czech religious reformer
- Jan Hron, Rector of University of Life Sciences Prague
- Jan Howard (born 1930), American country music singer
- Dominique Jan, Columbia University surgeon
- Georg Jan (1791–1866), Italian taxonomist
- Jan Jacobsz May, Dutch seafarer and explorer
- Jan Janský, Czech scientist, first classified 4 blood types
- Jan Kefer, Czech theurgist, astrologist and occult writer
- Jan Koller, Czech footballer
- Jan Korte (born 1956), Dutch footballer and manager
- Jan Kvalheim (born 1963), Norwegian beach volleyball player
- Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer
- Jan Lucemburský, king of Bohemia
- Jan Masaryk, Czech diplomat and politician
- Jan Matejko, Polish painter
- Jan Močnik (born 1987), Slovenian basketball player
- Jan Mohammad Jamali, politician from Jaffarabad, Balochistan, Pakistan.
- Jan Mohammed Khan, Governor of Uruzgan, Afghanistan.
- Jan Nepomucký, Czech saint from the 14 century
- Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, writer and poet
- Jan Õun (born 1977), Estonian footballer
- Jan Palach, Czech student self-immolated in 1969 protesting against the Soviet invasion
- Jan Pieterszoon Coen, officer of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the early seventeenth century
- Jan Podebradský (born 1974), Czech decathlete
- Jan Polák, Czech footballer
- Jan Rubes, Czech-Canadian singer and actor
- Jan Sladký Kozina, Czech revolutionary leader of Chodové
- Jan Šimák, Czech footballer
- Jan Smuts, South African statesman
- Jan Staaf (born 1962), Swedish race walker
- Jan Ullrich German former professional road bicycle racer
- Jan Vetter lead singer of German punk band Die Ärzte, commonly known as Farin Urlaub
- Jan Wohlschlag (born 1958), American high jumper
- Jan Žižka z Trocnova, Czech hussite leader
See also