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janes¹

noun

  1. plural plural of jane

Janes²

Where it comes from

* As a southern English surname, variant of Jane; compare Jayne.

* As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, from Janeš, variant of Janež, ultimately a derivative of Latin Johannes (English John). Also from the noun janež (“anise”). Compare Yanes.

* As a Czech surname, from Janeš, a pet form of the name Jan (and thus also related to Latin Johannes).

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Jane

proper noun

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.

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"janes." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/janes. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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janes. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/janes

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"janes." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/janes.

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@misc{janes_2026,
  title = {janes},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/janes},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}