Given name & surname · also Latin
Jans
Jans is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Dutch and Latvian.
Original LatinJohannes
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Jans comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Jans developed from the Latin form Johannes.
Jans’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Jans developed from the Latin form Johannes. In Latvian usage, Jans has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ian. In German usage, Jans has a related form in Johanna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jans has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jans
- Jans der EnikelAustrian poet and medieval chronicler1227–1290
- Jans KoertsDutch road bicycle racerborn 1969
- Jans Kosterswimmerborn 1938
- Jans RautenbachSouth African film director (1936-2016)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Jānis
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“Yahweh is gracious”
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“to become” · “he causes to become”
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Jeush
“he will help”
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Joles
Joles is a surname from Hebrew.
80% boys · 20% girls
Jahweh
“he who causes” · “whilst causing”
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Jakeh
“pious”
>99% boys
Jonáš
“dove”
>99% boys