Given name

Jancsi

“God is gracious”

Jancsi is a variant of Jani. In Finnish use, Jani carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Jancsi is a variant of Jani. In Finnish use, Jani carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”

Explained through its name family

How it developed

In Hungarian usage, Jancsi is a diminutive of Jack.

Jancsi’s family of names

In Hungarian usage, Jancsi is a diminutive of Jack. In Hungarian usage, Jancsi has a conventional equivalent in the English form Johnny. In Hungarian usage, Jancsi has a conventional naming counterpart in the English form Johnny.

Walk Jancsi’s family in the name graph

JancsiJackJohannesJaniJánosJohnny

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Jancsi has relatives in 3 languages.

Hungarian

4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 4

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

Across languages 1

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

People named Jancsi

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