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All over the world, Ianus (Jano , Ianus , Янус ) is a common epicene given name. The first name Ianus is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Lebanon, where it is quite a common mostly female, but seldom male name, Georgia, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Syria, where it is quite a rare unisex name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in India, Lebanon, and Egypt. Much less frequently, Ianus is the last name as well as the forename.
Ianus is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Janus , the Stargate Atlantis character; Janus Valker , the Rat-Man character; Janus , the comics character; Jens Janus Knudsen , character in H*A*S*H and Jano , the operatic character in the opera Jenůfa, among other works.