Jana name - Meaning of Jana
- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 8
- Usage
- Dutch, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Catalan, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- YAH-nah (Dutch, German)
- Jana Meaning
- Feminine form of Jan. Jana is a variant of Jane. Jane originates in Hebrew language and means "God is merciful". It is ultimately derived from the Hebrew masculine name Yochanan, thus it has the same origin as many other names, including Joan and Hannah. Jane has always been one of the most popular names in the English-speaking countries, and in different spelling all over the world. The famous bearer was the English novelist Jane Austen, and the name was also popularized in Charlotte Bronte"s Jane Eyre. Jane functions as a surname as well.
Jana Related Names
Variants: Janna (Dutch), Janina (German), Jannina, Janneke, Janeka, Janicka
Diminutives: Janneke, Jantine, Jantje (Dutch), Janička (Czech)
Masculine Forms: Jan, Johan, Johannes (Dutch), Jan, Johann, Johannes (German), Johan (Low German), Jan, Janek, Johan (Czech), Ján, Janko (Slovak), Jan, Janez (Slovene), Jan, Joan (Catalan)
Other Languages: Jone (Basque), Joanna (Biblical), Ioanna (Biblical Greek), Iohanna (Biblical Latin), Ioana, Ivana, Yana, Yoana (Bulgarian), Ivana (Croatian), Johanna, Johanne (Danish), Jane, Jean, Jeanne, Joan, Joanna, Johanna, Johnna, Shan, Shauna, Shavonne, Shawna, Sheena, Janae, Janeka, Janelle, Janessa, Janet, Janey, Janice, Janie, Jayna, Jayne, Jeane, Jeanie, Jennie, Jenny, Johna, Seanna, Shevaun, Shevon (English), Johanna (Estonian), Janina, Johanna (Finnish), Jeanne, Jeannette, Jeannine (French), Xoana (Galician), Ioanna, Nana (Greek), Johanna (Hungarian), Jóhanna, Jóna (Icelandic), Chevonne, Shavonne, Shevaun, Shevon, Síne, Siobhan (Irish), Giovanna (Italian), Johanna (Late Roman), Janina (Lithuanian), Ivana, Jovana (Macedonian), Jehanne, Johanne (Medieval French), Johanna, Johanne (Norwegian), Janina, Joanna (Polish), Joana (Portuguese), Ioana (Romanian), Yana, Zhanna, Ivanna (Russian), Jean, Seona, Seonag, Sheena, Sheona, Shona, Sìne, Jessie, Teasag (Scottish), Ivana, Jovana (Serbian), Juana (Spanish), Janina, Janna, Johanna, Jannicke, Jannike (Swedish), Siân, Siwan (Welsh)
Jana Celebrities
Jana Novotna - tennis player, Jana Marhoutova - writer, Jana Pohankova - writer, Jana Vesela - athlete,
