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Jan¹

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of January
  2. A male given name from Dutch.

Jan²

  • /d͡ʒæn/ US, UK
  • /d͡ʒan/ British, Northern England, Scotland
  • /d͡ʒɛn/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -æn

Where it comes from

From Old French Jehan (“John”). Doublet of John.

proper noun

  1. dated A male given name from Hebrew.

Jan³

  • /d͡ʒæn/

Rhymes with -æn

Where it comes from

A clipping or hypochoristic form of Janet, Janice, Janine, Janis, etc.

Doublet of Ivanka, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.

proper noun

  1. A female given name. "Yes, Mommy," answered Janice. Then she turned to her friend and asked, "Shall I wear my light chintz and kenton kerchief, or my purple and white striped Persian?" "Sufficiently smart for a country lass, Jan," cried her friend.

Jan⁴

  • /jɑːn/
  • /jæn/

Sounds like yarn (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɑːn, -æn

Where it comes from

From various European languages, ultimately from Latin Johannes.

proper noun

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English John. Jan Petter Vala is serving part of a 10-year murder sentence on a posh island in southern Norway.

jan⁵

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic جَنّ (jann).

noun jân · jann

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of jinn He cast out the demons of possessed persons, and he bound the jân, wellah, in yonder corner.

JAN⁶

proper noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Jan (“January”).

noun JANs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Japanese Accepted Name

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: january, june, jun, ene, gert, dec, feb, khan, gan, yang, chim, ion, dirk, janus, pan, john

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name abbreviation of January

Españolene., ene
हिन्दीजन॰ jan.
KiswahiliJan
Portuguêsjan.
Françaisjanv.
DeutschJan.
Italianogen., gen
ΕλληνικάΙαν Ian
Românăian.
Русскийянв. janv.
עבריתינו׳ yanu'

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@misc{jan_2026,
  title = {jan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}