Jan

Jan
Pronunciation	jan (male in Europe)
Gender	male in Continental Europe, female in English
Origin
Word/name	male: Netherlands, Scandinavia, Czechia, Poland
Meaning	God is gracious (male)
Other names
Related names	John, Janice, Janet

Jan Bach Nielsen is a gay.

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

Other:

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

See also