Forename Ján

Throughout the world, Ján (Ján , Ян , 揚 , along with others...) is a common masculine first name. The forename Ján is characteristic of Eastern Europe, particularly Slovakia, where it is a common masculine name, Ukraine, where it is quite a common male name, and Russia, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Much less frequently, Ján is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Ján is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Ján

name Johannes, name يان, name John, name جان, name יאן, name Ioan, name Ян, name Jáno, name Yann, name Yohanes, name ジャン, name 贾恩, name Johann, name Juan, name ইয়ান, name Janos, name ヤン, name 延, name Ян, Жан, name Jan, name Yan, name 让, name 雅恩, name Ivan, name Janez, name Jovan, name Ioannes, name 揚, name 扬, name Ján

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Ján	Austria, Serbia, Slovakia, Germany, Czechia
Ян	Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan
揚	China
יאן	Israel
يان	Algeria, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia

First names said to be same

Ioan, Ioannes, Ivan, Jan, Janez, Janos, Johann, Johannes, John, Jovan, Juan, Jáno, Yan, Yann, Yohanes, Ян, Жан, جان, ইয়ান, ジャン, ヤン, 延, 扬, 让, 贾恩, and 雅恩

First name Ján in the context

Ján 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; General Dodonna , the character in the Star Wars universe, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope; Ivan Orav , the ultra-patriotic fictional character created by Andrus Kivirähk, Ivan Orava mälestused and Jan Brady , the character from The Brady Bunch, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	ján z turca Hungarian historian, SK (b. 1435)
	ján lang (b. 1450)
	ján vii. druget (b. 1450)
	ján silván Slovak poet, composer and writer, SK (b. 1493)
	ján andrici SK (b. 1550)
	ján kyjanka SK (b. 1550)
	ján frišovic SK (b. 1552)
	ján pruno fraštacký SK (b. 1560)
	ján thurzo SK (b. 1570)
	ján abrahamides SK (b. 1570)
	ján filický Slovak writer and poet (1585-1622), SK (b. 1585)
	ján kalinka SK (b. 1576)
	ján hadik SK (b. 1585)
	ján pinner SK (b. 1586)
	ján duchoň (b. 1596)

Forename Ján

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Ján

First names said to be same

First name Ján in the context

Notable namesakes

Characteristic surnames