Jan (name)

Jan
Pronunciation	IPA: [ˈjan] or [ˈja:n]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Dutch
Meaning	God is Gracious
Other names
Related names	John, Evan, Giovanni, Hans, Juan, Hovhannes, Ian, Ioan, Ioane, Ivan, Iven, Ifan, Jack, Jackson, Jane, Janez, Jean, Jhon, Joan, João, Johan/Johann, Johanan, Johannes, Jonne, Jovan, Juhani, Seán, Shane, Siôn, Yahya, Yohannes

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Jan (pronounced Yann or Yaan) is a variant of John in various languages and is a short version of Johannes.

The name is used in Catalan, Czech, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Cornish, Devon dialect, German, Afrikaans, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic Languages. The Slovak spelling is Ján. In English it is a shortened form of the first names Janice, January or Janet with corresponding pronunciation. It has a separate origin in Arabic.

The Netherlands

In The Netherlands, the name used to be one of the most common given first names. From the 1950s the occurrence of the name decreased. However, it is still is one of the most common names. In 2015, about 3% of the boys are given this name.^[1] It is also the most common name of Dutch players in the national team.^[2] The other most popular first names for males are Piet, Wim and Henk. Seldom, the name Jan is given to a girl.

The name Jan is often combined with another first name, such as in Jan Peter (for instance in Jan Peter Balkenende), or in Klaas Jan (for instance in Klaas Jan Huntelaar)

Because the name is so common, the name is used in many expressions,^[3] such as "Jan met de pet" (Jan with a cap on its head), standing for a common person, generally from a lower social class, or "Jan en alleman" (Jan and all other people), standing for everybody.

People (first name)

Jan III Sobieski, Polish monarch
Jan Akkerman, Dutch rock musician
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 Bont (born 1943), Dutch cinematographer, producer, and film director
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 van Gooswilligen (1935–2008), Dutch field hockey player
Jan Guillou, Swedish journalist and author
Jan Gunnar Røise (born 1975), Norwegian actor
Jan van Eyck, Flemish painter
Jan Hammer, Czech musician
Jan Hus (burned 1415), Czech religious reformer
Jan Hron, Rector of University of Life Sciences Prague
Jan Howard (born 1930), American country music singer
Jan Huitema (born 1984), Dutch politician
Jan Jacobsz May, Dutch seafarer and explorer
Jan Jagla (born 1981), German basketball player
Jan Heweliusz, Polish astronomer
Jan Janský, Czech scientist, first classified 4 blood types
Jan Kalvoda, (born 1953), Czech politician and lawyer
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 Lisiecki, Polish-Canadian pianist
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 Mølby, Danish footballer.
Jan Nepomucký (c. 1345–1393), Czech saint
Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, writer and poet
Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer
Jan Õun (born 1977), Estonian footballer
Jan Palach, Czech student self-immolated in 1969 protesting against the Soviet invasion
Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587–1629), officer of the Dutch East India Company
Jan Podebradský (born 1974), Czech decathlete
Jan Polák, Czech footballer
Jan van Riebeeck Dutch seafarer and explorer
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 Soukup (born 1979), Czech karateka and kickboxer
Jan Staaf (born 1962), Swedish race walker
Jan Steen (c. 1626 – 1679), Dutch artist
Jan Ullrich German former professional road bicycle racer
Jan Veentjer (born 1938), Dutch field hockey player
Jan Vetter lead singer of German punk band Die Ärzte, commonly known as Farin Urlaub
Jan Washausen, German footballer
Jan Wohlschlag (born 1958), American high jumper
Jan Žižka z Trocnova, Czech hussite leader

People (middle name)

Kim Dickens (born Kimberly Jan Dickens), American actress

People (last name)

Dominique Jan, Columbia University surgeon
Georg Jan (1791–1866), Italian taxonomist

In popular culture

"Jan" - Grease (1978)
"Jan Brady - née Jan Martin" - The Brady Bunch (1969–1974)
"Jan Valek" - Vampires (1998)
Jan (2012-) TV Series

References

↑ Instituut, Meertens. "NVB - populariteit voornaam Jan". www.meertens.knaw.nl. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
↑ "'Jan' meest voorkomende voornaam in historie Oranje". Retrieved 2015-06-12.
↑ "http://www.etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/jan". www.etymologiebank.nl. Retrieved 2015-06-12. External link in |title= (help)

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