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Jann - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jann

[ 1 syll. jan(n), ja-nn ] The girl name Jann is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced JHAEN KEY. Jann is of various origins and it is used mainly in English. Jann is a spelling variant of the English Jan.

Jann is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1953, 0.007% of baby girls were named Jann. It was #812 in rank then. The baby name has seen a drop in frequency since then, and is currently used only on a very light scale. Within all girl names in its family, Jann was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2008. Jann has in the last century been primarily given to girls.

Baby names that sound like Jann include the English Jan, the Finnish, German, and Scandinavian Janne, the English Jaine, the English Jane, the English Janeann, the English Jasme, the English Jayne, the English and Scottish Jean, the English Jeane, the English Jeanene, the English, French, and Dutch Jeanne, the English Jeanné, the English Jem, the English Jen, the English Jenae, the English Jenn, the English Jenne, the Chinese and English Jin, the English Joan, and the Basque and English Jone.

KEY: Pronunciation for Jann: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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