Jans

See also: jans

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1452. Ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Johannes, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew.

Proper noun

Jans m

1. a male given name.
2. A transliteration of the male given name Jan from languages such as Polish, Czech, and Danish.
3. A transliteration of the English male given name Ian.

Related terms

• Jānis
• Jansons

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Jans was the only given name of 315 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.