Given name & surname

Janoš

Janoš is a masculine given name from Hungarian. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.

Original HungarianJános

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Janoš comes from Hungarian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Serbo-Croatian usage, Janoš developed from János.

Janoš’s family of names

In Serbo-Croatian usage, Janoš developed from the Hungarian form János. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Janoš has a related form in Jȃnjoš. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Janoš has a related form in Jȃnjuš.

Walk Janoš’s family in the name graph

JanošJanosJȃnjušJȃnjošJȃnušJohnJánosJȃnoš

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

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Nicknames & forms 3

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 3

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

See also 2

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

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