<sod>The name is used in Catalan, Czech, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Cornish, Devon dialect, German, Afrikaans, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic Languages. The Slovak spelling is [[Ján]]. In English it is a shortened form of the first names [[Janice (given name)|Janice]], January or [[Janet (disambiguation)|Janet]] with corresponding pronunciation. It has a separate [[Jan (Arabic name)|origin in Arabic]].<eod>
<sod>The name is used in Czech, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Cornish, Devon dialect, German, Afrikaans, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic Languages. The Slovak spelling is [[Ján]]. In English it is a shortened form of the first names [[Janice (given name)|Janice]], January or [[Janet (disambiguation)|Janet]] with corresponding pronunciation. It has a separate [[Jan (Arabic name)|origin in Arabic]].<eod>