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 [ 1 syll. jan, ja-n ] The boy name Jan is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is JHAEN KEY. Jan is largely used in the English, Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Belgian languages, and it is derived from 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 Jan for more info. The name Janna (English, Dutch, German, and Scandinavian) is the female equivalent of Jan. Jaan (Estonian and Russian), Jantien (Dutch), and Jennings (English) are variants of Jan. Jan is a Belgian, Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, and Scandinavian variant of the name John (English). Jan is also a Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, and Scandinavian variant of the name Johannes (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian). Jan is also a , English, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, and Scandinavian short form of the name Janusz (Polish) and a short form of the name Janacek. Other forms of Jan include the pet forms Honza (Czech), Janecek (Czech), Janek (Czech and Polish), Janik (Breton, Czech, French, and Polish), Janko (Polish, Slavic, and Hungarian), Janne (Finnish and Scandinavian), Jannick (Breton, French, and Scandinavian), Jannik (Breton, French, and Scandinavian), Janusz (Polish), and Jenkin (English), and the variant spelling Jann (English and German). See also the related forms, Janson (English and Scandinavian), Jana (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Slavic, and Latvian), and Janina (English, German, Polish, Finnish, Lithuanian, and Scandinavian). Jan is a classic favorite. Currently it is still somewhat popular as a baby name for boys, though to a lesser extent than it was before. At the modest peak of its usage in 1944, 0.039% of baby boys were given the name Jan. Its ranking then was #247. The baby name has since markedly declined in popularity, and in recent years it is of infrequent use. In 2008, its usage was only 0.009% and its ranking #961. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Jan, John (English) was the most commonly used. In 2008, its use outnumbered Jan's by 64 times. Although there were times from 1930 to 1983 that Jan was more popular with girls, today it is somewhat used more commonly as a boy name. Baby names that sound like Jan include Jaan (Estonian and Russian), Jann (English and German), Janne (Finnish and Scandinavian), Ján (Slavic), Jean (French), Jem (English), Jim (English and Dutch), Jin (Chinese), Joan (Catalan), Joergen (Scandinavian), John (English), Jon (English and Scandinavian), Jone (Welsh), Jonn (English), Joona (Finnish), Jowan (Cornish), Jón (Scandinavian), Jun (Japanese), Cem (Arabic and Turkish), and Gene (English). Details of famous persons named Jan: KEY: Pronunciation for Jan: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
