Janka

This article is about the given name and surname. For other uses, see Janka (disambiguation).

Janka
Gender	Male, Female
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	"God is merciful"
Region of origin	Germanic, Hungaria, Slovak
Other names
Related names	John, Johan, Jan

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Janka, typically a given name or a surname, is a form of the originally Hebrew language name "Yohanan" (meaning "God is merciful"). It is a form of the Hungarian, Czech, German form of the given name "Johannes" and of "Jan". Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

Carlo Janka (born 1986), Swiss alpine ski racer
Les Janka, American consultant
Gabriel Janka (1864–1932), Austrian wood researcher
Victor von Janka, (1837-1900) Hungarian botanist
Walter Janka (1914–1994), German publisher

Given name:

Janka Bryl (1917–2006), Belarusian writer
Yanka Maur, also known as Janka Maur', (1883–1971), Belarusian writer
Yanka Kupala, also known as Janka Kupała, (1882–1942), Belarusian poet and writer
Ahmed Janka Nabay, Sierra Leonean Musician
Yanka Dyagileva (1966–1991), Russian poet and singer-songwriter

External links

Distribution of the name Janka in USA

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