Jan m

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Male Name
Multiple variants of this name exist: For the English female name see Jan f, for the Persian male name see Jan 1

Usage

Old Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Iceland Icelandic
Greenlandic

Origin and Meaning

1) Low German, Frisian and Dutch short form of Jahan (see Johann) ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[11] ^[12]

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

3) Swedish variant form of Jean ^[6]

4) Slavic short form of Johannes ^[9] ^[11]

Related Names

Jaan	♂
Jaani	♂
Jahn	♂
Jan	♂
Jáne	♂
Jani	♂
Jann	♂
Janne	♂
Janni	♂
Jannu	♂
Janny	♂
Jansi	♂
Janu	♂
Yan	♂

See also Jaen, Janke, Jankin, Janko, Jannik, Janek
For female forms see Jana, Janina, Janna, Jansine

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Janinpoika
Jansen
Janson
Janssen
Jansson
Janssøn
Jansøn
Janzen
Janzén
Janzon

Female

Jandatter
Janintytär
Jansdatter
Jansdotter
Jansdóttir

Combinations

For combinations see JAN (name element)

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Jan
Genitive:	Jans

- Faroese
Nominative:	Jan
Accusative:	Jani
Dative:	Jani
Genitive:	Jans

- Finnish
Nominative:	Jan
Genitive:	Janin
Partitive:	Jania

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Jan
Accusative:	Jan
Dative:	Jan
Genitive:	Jans

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Jan
Genitive:	Jans

- Swedish
Nominative:	Jan
Genitive:	Jans

Name Days

Norway Norway

24 September

Finland (Swedish Language)

24 June

Sweden Sweden

11 January

Further Information

Iceland: Officially approved as a given name ^[13]

Earliest Documented Usage

Denmark: 13th century ^[9]
Sweden: 17th century (officially written form, earlier as a pet form)^[6] ^[8]

Strongest Period of Usage

Norway:
- 18th century ^[7]
- 1920-1980 ^[7]
- 1940-1965 ^[11]
Denmark:
- 1950-1969 ^[9]
Sweden:
- 1940- ^[14]
- 1950-1969 ^[8]

Predominant Regional Usage

Denmark:
- København ^[9]
- Sjælland ^[9]
Sweden:
- Uppland (19th century) see map ^[15]
- Västmanland (19th century) see map ^[15]
- Värmland (19th century) see map ^[15]
- Dalsland (19th century) see map ^[15]
- Dalarna (19th century) see map ^[15]
- Gästrikland (19th century) see map ^[15]

Namesakes

Sweden:
- Johan (Jan) Gustafsson Banér (23 June 1596 – 10 May 1641), Swedish Field Marshal in the Thirty Years' War
- Jan Birger Gezelius (9 September 1923 - 5 September 2016), Swedish architect
- Jan Wilhelm Malmsjö (born 29 May 1932), Swedish actor
- Jan Olov Karlsson (1 June 1939 – 19 September 2016), Swedish politician
- Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (born 17 January 1944), Swedish author and journalist
- Jan Christian Johansen (born 9 January 1966), Swedish singer
Norway:
- Jan Peder Syse (25 November 1930 – 17 September 1997), former Prime Minister of Norway (1989-1990)
Denmark:
- Jan Holger Lindhardt (24 April 1938 – 11 November 2014), Danish theologian and writer

Trivia

Sweden: In January 1973, 107,683 people were named Jan m (percentage of first or only given name: 93 %) ^[14]

Långe Jan (tall Jan) is the name of Sweden's tallest lighthouse (42 metres) on the south coast of the island Öland

Jan-bøgerne (Jan-books), a Danish series of 81 detective novels for children written by Knud Meister and Carlo Andersen between 1941 and 1964

Jan was a heavy storm in Sweden in January 2019.

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[16]	57844	126114	12	115	57832	125999
Denmark^[17]	37264	n.a.	11	n.a.	37253	n.a.
Finland^[18]	n.a.	15091	n.a.	26	n.a.	15065
Iceland^[19]	187	545	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland^[20]	167	281	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway^[21]	n.a.	n.a.	16	n.a.	46548	n.a.
^#: 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

Name statistics for Jan (m) Sources: ^[16]^[17]^[21]^[18]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Jan (m) Sources: ^[22]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Jan (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Jan (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Jan (m)

References

↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
↑ Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (2015)
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
↑ Märit Frändén: Svenska kyrkan och det samiska namnskicket (2016)
↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 ^15.3 ^15.4 ^15.5 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ details see Name Statistic tables

[dah-1] Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)

[dud-2] Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)

[wei-3] Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)

[sei1-4] Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)

[oxf-5] Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)

[ott-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[nper-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[bry-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[mel-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)

[aqq-10] Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (2015)

[alh-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)

[fr.C3.A4-12] Märit Frändén: Svenska kyrkan och det samiska namnskicket (2016)

[island.is-13] Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is

[all-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)

[nn1-15] 15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 ^15.3 ^15.4 ^15.5 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)

[scb.se-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[dst.dk-17] 17.0 ^17.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[vrf.fi-18] 18.0 ^18.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[hag.is-19] Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/

[stat.gl-20] Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/

[ssb.no-21] 21.0 ^21.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

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