Jan

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Jan
Pronunciation	jan (male in Europe)
Gender	male in Continental Europe, female in English
Meaning	God is gracious (male)
Origin	male: Netherlands, Scandinavia, Czechia, Poland
Related names	John, Janice, Janet
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with "Jan"

Look up Jan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Jan or JAN may refer to:

Given names:

• A variant of John especially in Dutch, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic Languages (in Slovak, spelled Ján).
• In English, shortened form of Janice or Janet

People (very selective listing, see all articles):

• Jan de Hartog (1914–2002), Dutch writer
• Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech baroque composer
• Jan Guillou, Swedish journalist and author
• Jan Hus (burned 1415), Czech religious reformer
• Jan Hron, Rector of University of Life Sciences Prague
• Jan Howard (born 1930), American country music singer
• Dominique Jan, a Columbia University surgeon
• Georg Jan (1791–1866), an Italian taxonomist
• Jan Korte (born 1956), Dutch footballer and manager
• Jan Kvalheim (born 1963), Norwegian beach volleyball player
• Jan Matejko, Polish painter
• Jan Močnik (born 1987), Slovenian basketball player
• Jan Õun (born 1977), an Estonian footballer
• Jan Palach, a Czech student self-immolated in 1969 protesting against Soviet invasion
• Jan Rubes, Czech-Canadian singer and actor
• Jan Staaf (born 1962), a Swedish race walker
• Jan Wohlschlag (born 1958), American high jumper

Other:

• The common abbreviation for the month of January
• Jan (comics), the pseudonym of Spanish comic book artist Juan López Fernández
• A Danish car brand between 1915 and 1918, made by Jan Hagemeister
• Jan (deity), a lunar deity in Kachin mythology

Acronyms:

• Japan Article Number, a barcode system
• Japanese Accepted Names for Pharmaceuticals, the Japanese equivalent of United States Adopted Name
• Jackson-Evers International Airport (IATA code: JAN), an airport in Jackson, Mississippi
• Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US Amtrak station code JAN
• Job Accommodation Network, US organization providing information about workplace accommodations for people with disabilities
• Journal of Advanced Nursing, a scientific magazine by nurses and midwives

[edit] See also

• Ján
• John (first name)

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