Given name & surname

Jaś

“God is gracious”

In Polish use, Jaś is a diminutive of Jan. In Slavic use, Jan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”

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Meaning & origin

What it means

In Polish use, Jaś is a diminutive of Jan. In Slavic use, Jan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”

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Where it comes from

Jaś is a diminutive of Jan. Jan comes from Late Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Polish usage, Jaś is a diminutive of Jan.

Jaś’s family of names

In Polish usage, Jaś is a diminutive of Jan. In Polish usage, Jaś has a conventional equivalent in the English form Johnny. In Polish usage, Jaś is a shortened form of Jan.

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Around the world

Jaś has relatives in 4 languages.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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