Forename Jānis

Worldwide, Jānis (Jānis , Янис , جانيس ) is quite a common masculine forename. The first name Jānis is characteristic of Latvia, where it is a common masculine name, Russia, where it is quite a rare male name, and Lithuania. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Latvia, Russia, and Kazakhstan. Much less frequently, Jānis is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Jānis

name Žanis, name Johannes, name Иоганн, Йоханн, Джоханн, Джоанн, Юханн, name Yannis, name Jānis, name Γιάννης, name Jana, name Yann, name Giuvanni, name Jannis, name Ioannes, name Ivan, name جان, name Йоганн, name Жанис, name Яган, name Яннис, name Иоганн, name Jaan, name 約翰, name Ιωάννης, name Йоханн, name Яан, name جانيس, name Juan, name Янис, name 揚, name 约翰内斯, name Джоанн, name يوهان, name Janis, name Johann, name יאניס, name Йохан, name Юханн, name יאן, name יוהאן, name ヨハン

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Jānis	Sweden, Lithuania, Ireland, United Kingdom, Latvia
Янис	Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia
جانيس	Iraq, Palestinian Territory
יאניס	Israel

First names said to be same

Giuvanni, Ioannes, Ivan, Jaan, Jana, Janis, Jannis, Johann, Johannes, Juan, Yann, Yannis, Žanis, Γιάννης, Ιωάννης, Джоанн, Жанис, Иоганн, Иоганн, Йоханн, Джоханн, Джоанн, Юханн, Йоганн, Йохан, Йоханн, Юханн, Яан, Яган, Яннис, יאן, יוהאן, جان, يوهان, ヨハン, 揚, 約翰, and 约翰内斯

First name Jānis in the context

Jānis is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Janice Rand , the fictional character in Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series; Jānis Ziemelis ; Janice Soprano , the fictional character from The Sopranos; Jannes , the Magician who opposed Moses in ''Exodus'', Second Epistle to Timothy and Janice Quatlane , the fictional character from the Professor Layton series, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	jānis reiters LV (b. 1632)
	jānis lukaševics LV (b. 1699)
	jānis līcis Latvian priest and Orthodox martyr (1832-1905), LV (b. 1832)
	jānis frīdrihs baumanis Latvian architect, LV (b. 1834)
	jānis čakste President of Latvia (1859-1927), LV (b. 1859)
	jānis kreicbergs Latvian lawyer (1864-1948), LV (b. 1864)
	jānis pauļuks Prime Minister of Latvia (1865-1937), LV (b. 1865)
	jānis ruģēns Latvian writer, LV (b. 1817)
	jānis staņislavs roze Latvian painter, LV (b. 1823)
	jānis zālītis Latvian politician and lawyer (1874-1919), LV (b. 1874)
	jānis goldmanis Latvian politician (1875-1955), LV (b. 1875)
	jānis akuraters Latvian writer (1876-1937), LV (b. 1876)
	jānis jaunsudrabiņš Latvian writer and painter (1877-1962), LV (b. 1877)
	jānis fabriciuss Latvian Soviet commander and commissar (1877-1929), LV (b. 1877)
	jānis drēziņš LV (b. 1868)