Jana

See also: jana, jaña, and Jāņa

English

Etymology

Compare Jane.

Proper noun

Jana

1. A female given name.

Anagrams

• naja

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Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjana/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: Ja‧na

Proper noun

Jana

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Jane.
2. Joanna (biblical character).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Janička
• Janin

• Janinka
• Janka

Related terms

• Johana

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

Proper noun

Jana

1. genitive singular of Jan
2. accusative singular of Jan

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Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Jana

1. a female given name, variant of Jaana, from Johanna.

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Faroese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Jana

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Jana: Januson
• daughter of Jana: Janudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Jana
Accusative	Janu
Dative	Janu
Genitive	Janu

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German

Etymology

Today usually interpreted as the feminine form of Jan, though it can also derive from Juliana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaːna]

• Audio (Austria):

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧na

Proper noun

Jana

1. a female given name.

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Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaːna/
• Rhymes: -aːna

Proper noun

Jana f

1. a female given name

Declension

declension of Jana

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Jana	Janan	Jönur	Jönurnar
accusative	Jönu	Jönuna	Jönur	Jönurnar
dative	Jönu	Jönunni	Jönum	Jönunum
genitive	Jönu	Jönunnar	Jana	Jananna

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1925. A modern feminine form of Jānis, variant of Johanna.

Proper noun

Jana f

1. a female given name.

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Jana was the only given name of 4123 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

A variety of Ana, mainly in Kajkavian speaking area.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jǎːna/
• IPA^(key): /jâna/
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

Proper noun

Jána, Jȁna f

1. a female given name

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Slovak

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjana/

Proper noun

Jana f (genitive singular Jany, nominative plural Jany, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name.

Declension

Declension of Jana

	singular	plural
nominative	Jana	Jany
genitive	Jany	Ján
dative	Jane	Janám
accusative	Janu	Jany
locative	Jane	Janách
instrumental	Janou	Janami

Derived terms

• Janka
• Januľa, Januľka, Janulienka
• Januša, Januška
• Janina, Janinka

Further reading

• “Jana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024