Jan
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Jan
- Abbreviation of January.
- A male given name from Dutch.
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French Jehan (“John”). Doublet of John.
Pronunciation edit
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Jan
- (dated) A male given name from Hebrew
Etymology 3 edit
A clipping or hypochoristic form of Janet, Janice, Janine, Janis, etc.
Doublet of Ivanka, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Jan
- A female given name.
- 1899, Paul Leicester Ford, chapter 1, in Janice Meredith:
- "Yes, Mommy," answered Janice. Then she turned to her friend and asked, "Shall I wear my light chintz and kenton kerchief, or my purple and white striped Persian?" "Sufficiently smart for a country lass, Jan," cried her friend.
- 2008, Stephen King, Just after Sunset, Simon and Schuster, published 2009, →ISBN, page 129:
- She's startled. How long has it been since he called her Jax instead of Janet or Jan? The last is a nickname she secretly hates. It makes her think of that syrupy-sweet actress on Lassie when she was a kid, the little boy (Timmy, his name was Timmy) always fell down a well or got bitten by a snake or trapped under a rock, and what kind of parents put a kid's life in the hands of a fucking collie?
Derived terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
From various European languages, ultimately from Latin Johannes.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Jan
- A male given name, equivalent to English John
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Czech Jan, Ján, from Latin Joannes.
Proper noun edit
Jan m anim (feminine Jana or Janička, diminutive Honza or Janek or Janeček or Jenda or Jeník or Jeníček)
- a male given name, equivalent to English John
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
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Jan
Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Jan
- a male given name, equivalent to English John. Popular in the 20th century
Related terms edit
References edit
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 46 783 males with the given name Jan have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch jan, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן. Shortening of Johannes.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Jan m
- a male given name, equivalent to English John
Derived terms edit
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Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Jan m
- a male given name
Usage notes edit
- son of Jan: Jansson
- daughter of Jan: Jansdóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Jan |
Accusative | Jan |
Dative | Jani |
Genitive | Jans |
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Low German Jehann (/ʝəɦæ̃ˑn/). A Low German and North European variant of German Johann (“John”), popular in Germany at the end of the 20th century.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /jan/, [jan]
- IPA(key): /jaːn/, [jɑːn] (considered wrong by some)
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -an, -aːn
Proper noun edit
Jan
- a male given name
Limburgish edit
Alternative forms edit
Proper noun edit
Jan m
- a male given name, equivalent to English John
See also edit
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch and West Frisian Jan in the 18th century. A contraction of Johannes (“John”). Newer variant of the more traditional Norwegian Jon.
Proper noun edit
Jan
- a male given name
Usage notes edit
- The most common given name of men born in Norway from the 1940s to the 1970s.
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Old Czech edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Jan m pers
- a male given name, equivalent to English John
Declension edit
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | Jan | Jany | Jěni, Janové |
genitive | Jana | Janú | Janóv |
dative | Janu, Janovi | Janoma | Janóm |
accusative | Jana | Jany | Jany |
vocative | Jěne | Jany | Jěni, Janové |
locative | Janu, Janovi | Janú | Jěniech |
instrumental | Janem | Janoma | Jany |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants edit
- Czech: Jan
References edit
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “Jan”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Jan m (diminutive Janek or Jaś or Jasiek or Jasio or Janko)
- a male given name, equivalent to English John
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Swahili edit
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Jan
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of Johan (“John”). Recorded in Sweden since the 17th century.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Jan c (genitive Jans)
- a male given name
Usage notes edit
- Common first part of hyphenated names such as Jan-Erik or Jan-Olof.
Related terms edit
References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 129 738 males with the given name Jan living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.