Jan

Feminine variation of John, Hebrew

"God is gracious"

Jan Origin and Meaning

The name Jan is a girl's name meaning "God is gracious".

Jan, not short for Janet or Janice but standing on its own, ranked in the Top 200 throughout the 1950s but dropped off the Top 1000 in the 1980s and now is a truly extinct name, given to fewer than five baby girls in the US each year.

Jan Rank in US Top 1000

# 999 in the US

Famous People Named Jan

• Janice Kay "Jan" Brewer American politician, 22nd governor of Arizona
• Janet Vivian "Jan" Hooks American actress
• Jan Howard (born Lula Grace Johnson) American country music singer
• Janet "Jan" Ravens English actress
• Jan Chesbro Wohlschlag, American high jumper

The name Jan in Pop Culture

• Jan Brady character on TV's "The Brady Bunch"
• Jan character in musical and film "Grease"
• "Jan " 2012 TV series and its main character
• Jan Toyota commercial mascot
• Jan Kowalski character in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
• Jan Levinson a character from the TV show "The Office"
• Jan character in Lynne Reid Banks' "The Fairy Rebel"