Given name
Jānis
Jānis is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
Jānis’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Jānis has a feminine form in Jana. In Latvian usage, Jānis has a conventional equivalent in the English form John. In Latvian usage, Jānis has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Juan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jānis has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JohnEnglish
- JuanSpanish
- JeanFrench
- Janafeminine form · Latvian
- JohannGerman
- JanCzech
- Yannisequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
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People named Jānis
- RainisLatvian poet (1865–1929)
- Jānis Čakste1st president of Latvia (1859-1927)
- Jānis LūsisLatvian javelin thrower (1939-2020)
- Jānis PujatsCatholic cardinal of Latvian origin (born 1930)
- Jānis KrūmiņšSoviet basketball player (1930-1994)
- Jānis TimmaLatvian basketball player (1992–2024)
- Jānis DaliņšLatvian athletics competitor (1904–1978)
- Janis BlaswichGerman association football playerborn 1991
- Jānis RudzutaksSoviet politician (1887-1938)
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