- Jan
Infobox Given Name 2
name = Jan
pronunciation = [jan] (male in Europe)
gender = male in Continental Europe, female in English
meaning = God is gracious (male)
region =
origin = male: Netherlands, Scandinavia, Czechia, Poland
related names = John,Janice ,Janet
footnotes =Jan or JAN may refer to:
Given names:
* A variant of John especially in Dutch, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic Languages (in Slovak, spelledJán ).
* In English, shortened form ofJanice orJanet People (very selective listing, see all articles):
*Jan de Hartog (1914–2002), Dutch writer
*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 Kvalheim (born 1963), Norwegian beach volleyball player
*Jan Matejko , Polish painter
*Jan Wohlschlag (born 1958), American high jumper
*Georg Jan (1791-1866), an Italian taxonomist
*Dominique Jan , a Columbia University surgeon
*Jan Palach , a Czech student self-immolated in 1969 protesting against Soviet invasion
*Jan Dismas Zelenka , Czech baroque composerOther:
* The common abbreviation for the month ofJanuary
*Jan (comics) , the pseudonym of Spanish comic book artist Juan López Fernández
* A Danish car brand between 1915 and 1918, made byJan Hagemeister
*Jan (deity) , a lunar deity inKachin mythologyAcronyms:
*Japan Article Number , a barcode system
* Japanese Accepted Names for Pharmaceuticals, the Japanese equivalent ofUnited States Adopted Name
*Jackson-Evers International Airport (IATA code: JAN), an airport in Jackson, Mississippi
*Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station) , USAmtrak station code JANSee also
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Ján
*John (first name)
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