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Also a Romansh variant of Gian.
Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars
https://sursassiala.ch/2015/01/15/familienforschung/
http://www.annalas.ch/persunas/display/q:Jan
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Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars
https://sursassiala.ch/2015/01/15/familienforschung/
http://www.annalas.ch/persunas/display/q:Jan
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Also Croatian: https://actacroatica.com/en/name/Jan/
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Also Flemish: http://www.names.be/jongensnamen.html?met=Jan&sort=beldesc
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With 319 142 bearers, Jan is the 1st most common masculine given name in the Czech Republic (2014 Data). With 236 473 bearers, Jan is the 1st most common masculine given name in the Netherlands (2014 Data). With 130 598 bearers, Jan is the 6th most common masculine given name in Sweden (2014 Data). With 77 329 bearers, Jan is the 8th most common masculine given name in Belgium (2014 Data). With 73 825 bearers, Jan is the 2nd most common masculine given name in Norway (2014 Data). With 51 636 bearers, Jan is the 9th most common masculine given name in Denmark (2014 Data).
Source: https://forebears.io/forenames/jan
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Source: https://forebears.io/forenames/jan
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In the beginning of the 1360s every 8th man in Bohemia and Moravia (today's Czech republic) was Jan.
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Also Estonian: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_(eesnimi)
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The name is also rather common in Iceland.
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The name Jan was given to 107 baby boys born in the US in 2012.
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Jan is also a Catalan male name, a diminutive of Joan, the Catalan form of John. [noted -ed]
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This name is basically the Dutch version of John. It used to be extremely common and it´s seen as very boring and old-fashioned. I've never met anyone my age (early twenties) with this name but I do have half a dozen older relatives who were named Jan, including my grandfather. I was surprised to find that it is still in the top thirty in the Netherlands but now that I think about it, I kind of like the thought of it still being in use. It's a lot better than all those new wanna-be American names.
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Jan is a popular boys name in Croatia, particularly since the 90s.
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We also have this name in Croatia.
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Jan is also used in Russia together with the feminine form Jana - another thing is that they both are more of modern names - you won't find easily a person let's say over 40 years old named Jan, unless his origins are Polish, Czech etc. You can check Jan out here: (http://www.russian-translation-pros.com/russian-translation-russia-men-names.html), in Russian here: (http://www.imena.chebot.ru/name/450), or simply with the help of Google - just write in cyrillic alphabet "Yan imya".
Famous Russian Jans include Jan Godovsky, the leading soloist of Bolshoi Ballet and Jan Frenkel, a Soviet composer.
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Famous Russian Jans include Jan Godovsky, the leading soloist of Bolshoi Ballet and Jan Frenkel, a Soviet composer.
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In Sweden it is also common in combinations like Jan-Erik.
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I am a Brazilian male named Jan - when my parents decided on my name it was meant to be pronounced /Yan/, but as in Brazil j sounds like j, people are used to calling me /Jan/ instead of /Yan/. It can be a problem to some American friends for whom Jan is a girlie name.
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This is a very common male name in Sweden. Pet name is Janne.
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Compare: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Dessalines