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Forename Janez

Around the globe, Janez (Janez Slovenia Germany Sierra Leone France Bosnia and Herzegovina, يوحنا Iraq Sudan Egypt Iran Syria, Йоан Bulgaria Russia Ukraine) is a common male first name. The first name Janez is habitual in Slovenia, where it is a common masculine name, Sierra Leone, where it is quite a rare male name, and Sudan. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Slovenia, Sudan, and Egypt. Much less frequently, Janez is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Janez

name Ján, name Jovan, name Jánez, name Jañez, name Јован, name يوحنا, name Gjoni, name Janež, name Ioannes, name Иоанн, name Ян, name Янец, name Jáñez, name Ioan, name Янез, name João, name Yohane, name Йоан, name Yohanes, name Janez
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Janez Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Sierra Leone, Slovenia
يوحنا Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Syria
Йоан Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria
Янез Russia, Ukraine

First name Janez in the context

Janez is also a popular 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; Zatara , the DC Comics character, Batman: The Animated Series; Giovanni Auditore da Firenze , the Assassin's Creed character, Assassin's Creed II; Joan Holloway , the fictional character from Mad Men and Johan , the fictional character, De Rode Ridder, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

janez celejski (b. 600) link
janez lezicij astronomer (b. 1242) link
janez lipec Slovene sculptor (b. 1450) link
janez standinath Slovenian politician (b. 1450) link
picture of janez tavčar janez tavčar janez tavčar Roman Catholic bishop, AT (b. 1544) link
janez krstnik verbetz Slovenian politician (b. 1559) link
janez rotarius (b. 1557) link
picture of janez ludvik schönleben janez ludvik schönleben janez ludvik schönleben SI (b. 1618) link
picture of janez vajkard valvasor janez vajkard valvasor janez vajkard valvasor Carnolian scientist, SI (b. 1641) link
janez čandek SI (b. 1581) link
janez taufferer SI (b. 1584) link
janez marschek IT (b. 1586) link
janez gerb AT (b. 1595) link
janez schega SI (b. 1595) link
janez pučar SI (b. 1597) link

Characteristic surnames

Ar, Kocjan, Košir, Kranjc, Kranjski, Ravnik, Rozman, Dolenc, Janša, Nelson, Kopač, Horvat, Furlan, Žagar, Bobigian, Erjavec, Čadež, Kastelic, Korošec, Zupancic, Potočnik, Hribar, Ferjancic, Santos, Medved, Ek, Rus, Nik, Snoj, Turk, Zajc, Silva, Smith, Karun, Mlakar, Kalan, Kolar, Kralj, Jenko, Jereb, Novak, Oblak, Zajec, Zupan, Marolt, Koren, and Zupančič