Forename Ян

All over the world, Ян (Jan , Yan , Ian , along with others...) is a prevalent largely boy's, but uncommonly girly forename. The first name Ян is characteristic of Mongolia, where it is a prevalent male name, Czechia, where it is a widespread masculine name, and Slovakia, where it is a common male name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, the name is most common in the United States, India, and the United Kingdom. More prevalently, Ян is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Ян

name Dương, name Giuàn, name Iyu, name Ján, name David, name Iwane, name Io, name Ivane, name Yan, name D., name Yang, name Ionut, name Honza, name Yann, name Ion, name Gian, name Erwann, name Iwo, name Honsa, name Ianka, name Ivo, name Eyu, name Baptista, name Ян, name Iohannes, name Ifan, name Amos, name Ivan, name Hannes, name Ionuț, name Giovanni, name Ioann, name Ioan, name Jan, name Iván, name Ioannis, name Frans, name Baptiste, name Gianni, name Eyck, name Evan, name Giannis, name Giovan, name Ian, name Ioannes, name Ivans, name J., name Ibán, name Jahn, name Hans, name Ivano, name Iwan, name Ieong, name Ieuan, name Hanns, name Ivashka, name Džons, name Huans

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Yang, Ian, Jan, Yan, Jahn	Poland, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, China
Yann	Poland, India, Myanmar, United Kingdom, China
Ján	Czechia, United Kingdom, China, United States, France
Ян	Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, United States, Belarus

First names said to be same

Amos, Baptista, Baptiste, D., David, Džons, Dương, Erwann, Evan, Eyck, Eyu, Frans, Gian, Gianni, Giannis, Giovan, Giovanni, Giuàn, Hannes, Hanns, Hans, Honsa, Honza, Huans, Ianka, Ibán, Ieong, Ieuan, Ifan, Io, Ioan, Ioann, Ioannes, Ioannis, Iohannes, Ion, Ionut, Ionuț, Ivan, Ivane, Ivano, Ivans, Ivashka, Ivo, Iván, Iwan, Iwane, Iwo, Iyu, J.,

First name Ян in the context

Ян is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: John the Apostle , the apostle of Jesus; son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of James; traditionally identified with John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, and the Beloved Disciple, Gospel of Mark; Jan Bronski , the fictional character from The Tin Drum by Günter Grass; Ian Noble , the fictional character based on and portrayed by the Action Man action figure lines and associated media franchise from the American toy-company Hasbro, Inc.; Yang Chun , the Water Margin character and Ian Malcolm , the fictional character in the Jurassic Park books and films, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	ян гаштольд Lithuanian noble, LT (b. 1383)
	ян кезгайлович Lithuanian noble, LT (b. 1415)
	заберезинский, ян юрьевич Lithuanian nobility, BY (b. 1440)
	ян гербурт UA (b. 1524)
	ян вислицкий Belarusian writer, BY (b. 1485)
	оришевский, ян UA (b. 1535)
	ян кердей UA (b. 1490)
	ян радван 16th century poet, LT (b. 1501)
	ян сененський Roman Catholic archbishop, UA (b. 1506)
	ходкевич, ян кароль army commander of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, LT (b. 1560)
	ян одровонж UA (b. 1500)
	щенсный-гербурт, ян Polish noble (1567-1616), UA (b. 1567)
	ян ласицкий Polish historian, BY (b. 1534)
	ян станислав сапега Grand Hetman of Lithuania, BY (b. 1589)
	ян тарновський UA (b. 1585)

Characteristic surnames

Ли, Борисов, Попович, Волошин, Захаров, Лебедев, Соколов, Смирнов, Федоров, Яковлев, Савицкий, Кузнецов, Марченко, Михайлов, Гавриков, Панченко, Павленко, Васильев, Степанов, Ткаченко, Шевченко, Коваленко, Абрамов, Кравченко, Морозов, Макаров, Ким, Лиу, Ванг, Жанг, Огли, Янов, Попов, Орлов, Шенкман, Фомин, Козлов, Махаев, Мойсюк, Павлов, Петров, Волков, Власов, Иванов, Фролов, Юрченко, Куликов, Мельник, and Бондаренко