Given name & surname
Janos
“God is gracious”
Janos is a variant of Jan. In Slavic use, Jan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Janos is a variant of Jan. In Slavic use, Jan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Janos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 147
- 147 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 821 as a first name in 2020; 763 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Janos
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Janos, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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