jan

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of January.
2. A male given name from Dutch.
3. (dated)A male given name from Hebrew.
4. A female given name.

   “"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.”

   “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?”

   “Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer).”

5. A male given name, equivalent to English John.

   “Jan Petter Vala is serving part of a 10-year murder sentence on a posh island in southern Norway.”

6. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Jan (“January”).

noun

1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of jinn.

   “He cast out the demons of possessed persons, and he bound the jân, wellah, in yonder corner.”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Japanese Accepted Name.