Jan is a boy's name of German origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 65 boys in the United States.
Jan belongs to the German and Scandinavian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Jan first appears in Social Security records in 1902. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #247 in 1944, and in 2024 65 babies received the name — 22,355 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Jan is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its German origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Jan is a boy name. In 2024, 65 babies received the name in the US.
Jan comes from the German and Scandinavian tradition.
Jan first appears in US records in 1902. Its best-ever ranking was #247 in 1944, and 65 babies were given the name in 2024.
Jan is pronounced /d͡ʒæn/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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