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Forename Ján

Throughout the world, Ján (Ján Slovakia Czechia Serbia Austria Germany, Ян Russia Ukraine Belarus Kazakhstan Azerbaijan, 揚 China, 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 fishJán is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Ján

name Ján, name يان, name Jáno, name Jovan, name Johannes, name 让, name Yann, name Ioannes, name Ivan, name John, name جان, name Ян, name Ян, Жан, name Janos, name Ioan, name ইয়ান, name ヤン, name Juan, name 雅恩, name ジャン, name 揚, name Yohanes, name 贾恩, name Johann, name Jan, name Janez, name יאן, name 延, name 扬, name Yan
VARIANTCOUNTRY
Ján Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Czechia, Serbia
Ян Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, Azerbaijan
China
יאן Israel
يان Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria

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

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

Characteristic surnames

Ing, Novák, Hudák, Vrabec, Oravec, Šimko, Molnár, Sedlák, Baláž, Kollár, Kováč, Králik, Pavlík, Rusnák, Lupták, Farkaš, Šoltés, Michalko, Chovanec, Kováčik, Jánošík, Haluška, Takáč, Lukáč, Gajdoš, Krnáč, Kmec, Nagy, Čech, Marko, Sabol, Danko, Gonda, Lacko, Tomko, Tóth, Horváth, Tkáč, Varga, Zajac, Švec, Mikula, Mikuš, Murín, Bartko, Bučko, Bielik, Kozák, Hudec, and Jankovič