Jana

Appendix:Variations of "jana" Translingual thumb|Jana tantalus species. Etymology mul :bor la:Iāna 1 1 Proper noun f 1 genus family Eupterotidae certain moths References Q14847269 1 mul Moths English + Etymology From en cs Jana, ultimately from en grc-koi Ἰωάννα, from en he יוֹחָנָה Yôḥānāh God is gracious, the feminized form of he יְהוֹחָנָן Yəhōḥānān which produced en John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of en John and en Jack and earlier use of en Joan in the same role. en Ivana Jane Janice Janis Jean Jeanne Jen Joan Joanna Joanne Johanna Juana Shavonne Sian Siobhan Shane Shaun Shauna Sheena. Proper noun en female Czech. See also en Jana Gana Mana Anagrams en aajn naja en 2-syllable words female given names from Hebrew Czech cs: Pronunciation cs ana 2 cs Ja na Etymology 1 From cs grc-koi Ἰωάννα, from cs he יוֹחָנָה Yôḥānāh God is gracious, the feminized form of he יְהוֹחָנָן Yəhōḥānān. Proper noun f Janin cs female Jane Joanna biblical character Declension f.voco:i[informal] Derived terms cs Janička Janinka Janka Related terms cs Johana Further reading Etymology 2 Proper noun cs proper noun form cs Jan gen//acc s cs Biblical characters Estonian Etymology et Pronunciation Proper noun et proper noun et female, variant of Jaana, from Johanna Faroese Etymology fo Proper noun fo proper noun fo female Usage notes f Januson Janudóttir Declension Jana Janu Janu Janu German Etymology Today usually interpreted as the feminine form of de Jan, though it can also derive from de Juliana. Pronunciation de [ˈjaːna] de De-at Jana.ogg Austria de De-Jana.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Ja na Proper noun de proper noun de female Icelandic Etymology is Pronunciation is aːna 2 Proper noun @@ is female Declension f Latin Alternative forms la Dīāna Diāna Iāna Etymology la ine-pro *dyew- Variant of la Diāna shortened by en procope, from la itc-ola Dīāna by en syncope of la itc-ola Dīvāna. Compare la Jūpiter from itc-ola Diēspiter, and la Jovis from itc-ola Diovis. Also see grc Διώνη, from a shared root whence by analogical formation also evolved la Iūnō Jūnō, Jūnōnis. Pronunciation Jāna 1 1 Proper noun Jāna<1.both> la religion la Iāna the goddess Diana Declension Jāna<1.both> References la Roman deities Latvian Etymology First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1925. A modern feminine form of lv Jānis, variant of lv Johanna. Proper noun lv proper noun f lv female References Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0 Population Register of Latvia: Jana was the only given name of 4123 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010. Norwegian Bokmål Jana (given name),no:Jana Alternative forms nb Jane Etymology Originally a contracted Norwegian form of nb Johana, a variant of nb Johanna. This explains the earliest use of the name in Norway. It was later also interpreted as a feminine derivative of nb Jan. Both source names belong to the nb Johannes name family. nb Johanna continues nb la Iohanna, from nb grc-koi Ἰωάννα Iōánna, the feminine form of grc-koi Ἰωάννης Iōánnēs, ultimately from nb hbo יְהוֹחָנָן Yəhōḥānān Yahweh is gracious. Compare da Jana, sv Jana and de Jana female given name. Pronunciation nb /ˈjɑːna/ nb ɑːna 2 nb Ja na Proper noun nb proper noun nb female nb:Johana < Latin < Koine Greek < Biblical Hebrew,nb:Jan Jane, contracted from nb Johana or derived from nb Jan Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 629 women in Norway had nb Jana as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.Table 10501: Persons, by girls' name and boys' name, Statistics Norway. References “Jana” in Store norske leksikon. “Jana” at Nordic Names. Anagrams nb Anja Serbo-Croatian sh this entry was converted from Croatian to Serbo-Croatian by MglovesfunBot; please add Cyrillic form and check for errors Etymology A variant of sh Ana, mainly found in the Kajkavian speaking area. Pronunciation Jána Jȁna sh ǎːna 2 Proper noun Jána,Jȁna f sh female Declension Jan Further reading Slovak Etymology sk Pronunciation Proper noun f Janka,Januľa,Januľka,Janulienka,Januša,Januška,Janina,Janinka sk female Declension f Further reading Slovene sl: Etymology 1 Feminine form of sl Ján. Pronunciation jána Proper noun Jána f Ján sl female Jane Declension Ján Further reading Etymology 2 Proper noun sl proper nounf Jána sl Ján gen//acc s ; nom//acc d