English
jan
see also: Jan
Noun

jan

  1. Obsolete form of jinn#English|jinn.
Jan
Proper noun
  1. Abbreviation of January#English|January.
Translations Pronunciation Proper noun
  1. (dated) A male given name
Pronunciation Proper noun
  1. A female nickname, sometimes used as a formal given name.
    • 1899 Paul Leicester Ford: Janice Meredith: Chapter 1:
      "Yes, Mommy," answered Janice. Then she turned to her friend and asked, "Shall I wear my light chintz and kenton kerchief, or my purple and white striped Persian?" "Sufficiently smart for a country lass, Jan," cried her friend.
    • 2008, Stephen King, Just After Sunset, Simon and Schuster (2009), ISBN 1416586652, page 129:
      She's startled. How long has it been since he called her Jax instead of Janet or Jan? The last is a nickname she secretly hates. It makes her think of that syrupy-sweet actress on Lassie when she was a kid, the little boy (Timmy, his name was Timmy) always fell down a well or got bitten by a snake or trapped under a rock, and what kind of parents put a kid's life in the hands of a fucking collie?
Pronunciation Proper noun
  1. A male given name, in English mostly applied to foreign language speakers.


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