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Jan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jan"

English

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Etymology 1

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Jan

  1. Abbreviation of January.
    Coordinate terms: Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
    Alternative form: Jan.
  2. A male given name from Dutch.
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Etymology 2

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From Old French Jehan (“John”). Doublet of John.

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Jan

  1. (dated) A male given name from Hebrew

Etymology 3

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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.

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Jan

  1. 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?
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Etymology 4

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From various European languages, ultimately from Latin Johannes.

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Jan

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English John

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Czech Jan, Ján, from Latin Joannes.

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Jan m anim (female equivalent Jana or Janička, diminutive Honza or Janek or Janeček or Jenda or Jeník or Jeníček)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English John
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Declension of Jan (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Jan Janové, Jani
genitive Jana Janů
dative Janovi, Janu Janům
accusative Jana Jany
vocative Jane, Jene Janové, Jani
locative Janovi, Janu Janech
instrumental Janem Jany

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  • “Jan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • “Jan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “Jan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
  • “Jan”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

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Jan

  1. genitive plural of Jana

Danish

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Proper noun

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Jan

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English John. Popular in the 20th century
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  • [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

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch jan, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן. Shortening of Johannes.

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Jan m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English John

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Faroese

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Proper noun

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Jan m

  1. a male given name

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  • son of Jan: Jansson
  • daughter of Jan: Jansdóttir

Declension

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Jan
Accusative Jan
Dative Jani
Genitive Jans

German

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Etymology

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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.

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Jan

  1. a male given name

Limburgish

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Jan m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English John

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Norwegian

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Etymology

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From Dutch and West Frisian Jan in the 18th century. A contraction of Johannes (“John”). Newer variant of the more traditional Norwegian Jon.

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Jan

  1. a male given name

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  • The most common given name of men born in Norway from the 1940s to the 1970s.
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  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 50 519 males with the given name Jan living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Old Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Joannes.

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Jan m pers

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English John

Declension

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Declension of Jan (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
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
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

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  • Czech: Jan

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Polish

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Jan m (diminutive Janek or Jaś or Jasiek or Jasio or Janko)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English John

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Declension of Jan
singular plural
nominative Jan Janowie
genitive Jana Janów
dative Janowi Janom
accusative Jana Janów
instrumental Janem Janami
locative Janie Janach
vocative Janie Janowie

Swahili

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Proper noun

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Jan

  1. Abbreviation of Januari.
    Coordinate terms: Feb, Mac, Apr, Jun, Jul, Ago, Sep, Okt, Nov, Des

Swedish

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Etymology

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Contraction of Johan (“John”). Recorded in Sweden since the 17th century.

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Jan c (genitive Jans)

  1. a male given name

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  • Common first part of hyphenated names such as Jan-Erik or Jan-Olof.
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  • 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.

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