Jan
male given name
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Summary
Jan is a male given name[1]. Jan ranks in the top 7% of male given name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,938 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Writing system: Latin script[3]
- Part of: Jan[4], Jan-Albert[5], Jan-Moritz[6], Jan-Erik[7]
- Commons category: Jan (given name)[8]
- Language of work or name: Catalan[9], Dutch[10], Czech[11], North Germanic[12], German[13], Afrikaans[14], Swedish[15], Belarusian[16], Polish[17], English[18], Slovene[19], Danish[20], Romanian[21]
- Said to be the same as: Jean[22], John[23], Johannes[24], Ian[25], Yann[26], Johann[27], Yanka[28], Honza[29], Hanns[30], Giovanni[31], Jógvan[32], Jón[33], Jóhann[34], Juan[35]
Why It Matters
Jan has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Jan is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]