Jan (name)

Jan
Pronunciation IPA: [ˈjan] or [ˈja:n]
Gender Male
Origin
Word/name Dutch
Meaning God is Gracious
Other names
Related names John, Evan, Giovanni, Hans, Juan, Hovhannes, Ian, Ioan, Ioane, Ivan, Iven, Ifan, Jack, Jackson, Jane, Janez, Jean, Jhon, Joan, João, Johan/Johann, Johanan, Johannes, Jonne, Jovan, Juhani, Seán, Shane, Siôn, Yahya, Yohannes
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Jan (pronounced Yann or Yaan) is a variant of John in various languages and is a short version of Johannes.

The name is used in Czech, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Cornish, Devon dialect, German, Afrikaans, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic Languages. The Slovak spelling is Ján. In English it is a shortened form of the first names Janice, January or Janet with corresponding pronunciation. It has a separate origin in Arabic.

The Netherlands

In The Netherlands, the name used to be one of the most common given first names. From the 1950s the occurrence of the name decreased. However, it still is one of the most common names. In 2015, about 3% of the boys are given this name.[1] It is also the most common name of Dutch players in the national team.[2] The other most popular first names for males are Piet, Wim and Henk. Seldom, the name Jan is given to a girl.

The name Jan is often combined with another first name, such as in Jan Peter (for instance in Jan Peter Balkenende), or in Klaas Jan (for instance in Klaas Jan Huntelaar)

Because the name is so common, the name is used in many expressions,[3] such as "Jan met de pet" (Jan with a cap on its head), standing for a common person, generally from a lower social class, or "Jan en alleman" (Jan and all other people), standing for everybody.

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In popular culture

See also

References

  1. Instituut, Meertens. "NVB - populariteit voornaam Jan". www.meertens.knaw.nl. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  2. "'Jan' meest voorkomende voornaam in historie Oranje". Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  3. "http://www.etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/jan". www.etymologiebank.nl. Retrieved 2015-06-12. External link in |title= (help)
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