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Jan Given Name
Pronunciation	[jan] (male in Europe)
Gender	male in Continental Europe, female in English
Meaning	God is gracious (male)
Origin	male: Netherlands, Scandinavia, Czechia, Poland
Related names	John, Janice, Janet
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Jan

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Jan or JAN may refer to:

Given names:

A variant of John especially in Dutch, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic Languages (in Slovak, spelled Ján).
In English, shortened form of Janice or Janet

People (very selective listing, see all articles):

Jan de Hartog (1914–2002), Dutch writer
Jan Hus (burned 1415), Czech religious reformer
Jan Hron, Rector of University of Life Sciences Prague
Jan Howard (born 1930), American country music singer
Jan Kvalheim (born 1963), Norwegian beach volleyball player
Jan Matejko, Polish painter
Jan Wohlschlag (born 1958), American high jumper
Georg Jan (1791-1866), an Italian taxonomist
Dominique Jan, a Columbia University surgeon
Jan Palach, a Czech student self-immolated in 1969 protesting against Soviet invasion
Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech baroque composer

Other:

Acronyms:

Japan Article Number, a barcode system
Japanese Accepted Names for Pharmaceuticals, the Japanese equivalent of United States Adopted Name
Jackson-Evers International Airport (IATA code: JAN), an airport in Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US Amtrak station code JAN

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