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Around the globe, יאנק (Janek
, Jank
, Janck
) is quite a common mostly male, but uncommonly girly forename. The first name יאנק is characteristic of Poland, where it is quite a rare male name, Estonia, and Czechia. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in India, Poland, and Indonesia. Likewise, יאנק is the last name as well as the forename.
יאנק is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Janek , the operatic character in the opera The Makropulos Affair by Leoš Janáček; Jaroslav's son; Janek Kos , character in Czterej pancerni i pies and Janek Markiewicz .