Jan

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

1) Short form of Jahan (see Johann) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

2) Low German, Frisian and Dutch short form of names ending in -ian

3) Swedish variant form of Jean (see Jeanne) [6]

Related Names

     
Jaan ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish
Jaani ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jahn ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian
Jan ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Jani ♀/♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Janiinná ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Janina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Janine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Jann ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese
Janne ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Jannu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jansi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Jansine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Jansý ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Janu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Janita, Jane / Jana, Jankin, Jannike / Jannik, Janek

Combinations

For combinations see JAN (name element)

Name Days

Norway Norway

24 September

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

24 June

Sweden Sweden

11 January

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Jan
Accusative: Jani
Dative: Jani
Genitive: Jans
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Jan
Accusative: Jan
Dative: Jan
Genitive: Jans

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 17th century (officially written form, earlier as a pet form)[6]

Namesakes

Johan (Jan) Gustafsson Banér (23 June 1596 – 10 May 1641), Swedish Field Marshal in the Thirty Years' War

Jan Guillou (* 1944), Swedish author

Jan Peder Syse, former Prime Minister of Norway (1989-1990)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[7] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m5.png 9 60 65410 129738
Denmark Denmark[8] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m5.png 7 n.a. 39873 n.a
Norway Norway[9] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m5.png 6 14 9339 50519
Finland Finland[10] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png n.a. 7 n.a 12521
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[7][8][9][10]:Name statistics for Jan(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[9]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Jan(m)


Sources: [7] [8] [9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
  3. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
  4. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  5. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  6. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  7. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  9. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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