What does Jan mean?

Jan means "Yahweh is gracious"

How do we pronounce Jan?

Jan \jan, ja-n\ is a boy's name. It consists of 3 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby boy name Jan is sometimes used as a name girl name. Its pronunciation is YAAN (Dutch, German, Polish) 1.

1 Pronunciation for Jan: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"

What is the origin of Jan?

Jan is largely used in the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Scandinavian, Belgian, and Slavic languages, and it is derived from Czech and Hebrew origins. As an English name, Jan was first used by English speakers during the medieval period. The earlier forms Jehan (Old French) and Johan (Early Middle English) gave rise to the contracted form Jan, Jon, or John, as Middle English names were typically monosyllabic. See name Jan meaning for more info. Jan is a contraction of the name Janacek meaning of name (Czech). Jan can also be a Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, and Scandinavian variant of the name baby name Johannes (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian). Jan can also be a Czech, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Belgian, Scandinavian, and Slavic contraction of the name Janusz meaning and origin (Polish) as well as a Belgian, Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Slavic variant of the name meaning of John (English and Hebrew). The name meaning of Janna (English, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, African, Swahili, and Hebrew) is the female equivalent of Jan. Jan has 20 variants that are used in both English and other languages.

Other versions used in English include Jahn pronounciation, Jana name popularity, meaning of Janae, Janak meaning of name, Jano name variations, Janos meaning and origin, Jenda meaning, Jennings name, Jens pronounciation, Jhan name variations, Jonam name variations, and meaning of Yan. The pet form nicknames for Jenkin, and the variant spelling Jann name (used in German as well) are other English forms. name Jaan (Russian), Jantien meaning (Dutch), and Jasiek name variations (Polish) are foreign variants of Jan. Specific foreign variants include the pet forms Honza name popularity (Czech), Janecek meaning of name (Czech), Janek pronounciation (Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, and Czech), Janik name (Breton, Czech, French, and Polish), Janko name (Polish, Slavic, Dutch, and Hungarian), nicknames for Janne (Finnish and Scandinavian), Jannick name variations (Breton, French, and Scandinavian), Jannik name variations (Breton, French, and Scandinavian), and name Janusz meaning (Polish). See also the related forms, name Janson (English and Scandinavian) and name Janina meaning.

The following famous people share the name Jan:

  • Artist Jan Vermeer, born Johannes van der Meer, Delft, Netherlands
  • Painter Jan (Johannes) van Eyck, born 1395 - 1441, Burgundian Netherlands
  • Publisher Robert Maxwell, born Jan Ludvick Hoch, 10 June 1923 - 5 November 1991, Slatinske Dòly, Czech Republic.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Jan:

Yon name popularity (Basque), Jaan name (Estonian and Russian), Jahn meaning and origin, Jann meaning and origin (English and German), name Ewine origin, Ewinn pronounciation, name Ewinne meaning, Yameen meaning and origin, meaning of Yan (German, Russian, and Slavic), name Yann origin (Breton, French, and German), Yen meaning (Vietnamese), short names for Yoan (French and Slavic), Yuan meaning of name (Manx), Yun name, Yune meaning of name, Ywain meaning and origin (Irish), Ywan definition, Jaheem name popularity, Jaheim name variations (English), and what does the name Jahiem mean (English).

The baby name Jan fun facts:

The name Jan in reverse order is "Naj".

The numerological value of the name Jan is number 7, which means analysis, understanding, knowledge, awareness, studious, meditating.

How popular is Jan?

Jan is in the top names in USA.

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Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames