Jānis

See also: Janis, Jänis, and jänis

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded in 13th century. Ultimately from Hebrew, cognate to English John.

Proper noun

Jānis m

1. A very common male given name.
2. John (biblical character).

Declension

Declension of Jānis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Jānis	Jāņi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Jāni	Jāņus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Jāņa	Jāņu
dative (datīvs)	Jānim	Jāņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Jāni	Jāņiem
locative (lokatīvs)	Jānī	Jāņos
vocative (vokatīvs)	Jāni	Jāņi

Related terms

• (male given names) Ansis, Žanis
• (transliterations of foreign cognates) Džons, Džovanni, Hanss, Huans, Ivans, Janošs, Janušs, Jans, Johans, Žans
• (female given names) Jana, Janina, Joanna, Johanna, Žanete, Žanna

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Rīga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: There were 58 286 persons named Jānis in Latvia on May 21st 2010.