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JAN
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of Jansen, Janssen, and Jansson.English
Americanized spelling of Jansen, Janssen, and Jansson.English : patronymic from the personal name Jan, a medieval form of John.
Female
English
Elaborated form of English Janet, JANETTA means "God is gracious."
Female
English
 Anglicized form of Scottish Jennet, JANET means "God is gracious."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Janine, JANNINE means "God is gracious."
Female
English
Pet form of English Jane, JANELLE means "God is gracious."
Female
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Variant spelling of English Janette, JANNETTE means "God is gracious."
Female
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Variant spelling of English Janine, JANENE means "God is gracious."
Surname or Lastname
Americanized form of the Latin personal name Januarius or its Italian derivative Gennaro, which was borne by a number of early Christian saints, most famously a 3rd-century bishop of Benevento who became the patron of Naples.English
Americanized form of the Latin personal name Januarius or its Italian derivative Gennaro, which was borne by a number of early Christian saints, most famously a 3rd-century bishop of Benevento who became the patron of Naples.English : altered form of Janeway.In New England, a translation of French Janvier.
Female
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Variant spelling of English Janna, JANNAH means "God is gracious."
Female
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English form of French Jeannine, JANINE means "God is gracious."
Female
English
Elaborated form of English Janet, JANETTE means "God is gracious."
Female
German
 Low German diminutive form of Latin Johanna, JANNIKE means "God is gracious." Compare with another form of Jannike.
Female
English
Pet form of English Jane, JANIE means "God is gracious."
Female
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Pet form of English Jane, JANELLA means "God is gracious."
Female
English
 Elaborated form of English Jan, JANNA means "God is gracious." Compare with another form of Janna.
Male
German
 Low German short form of Latin Johan, JAN means "God is gracious." Compare with another form of Jan.
Female
English
Elaborated form of English Jane, JANESSA means "God is gracious."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Janice, JANIS means "God is gracious." Compare with masculine Janis.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Janie, JANEY means "God is gracious."
Female
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Elaborated form of English Jane, JANICE means "God is gracious."
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Biblical
thick; wise
Surname or Lastname
English of much discussed but uncertain origin.
English of much discussed but uncertain origin. : of much discussed but uncertain origin. It may be from a medieval personal name, but if so the form is unclear.English of much discussed but uncertain origin. : Alternatively, it may be a nickname for a quarrelsome or deceitful person, from Middle English bar(r)et(t)e, bar(r)at ‘trouble’, ‘strife’, ‘deception’, ‘cheating’ (Old French barat ‘commerce’, ‘dealings’, a derivative of barater ‘to haggle’). It is possible that the original sense of barat survived unrecorded into Middle English as a word for a market trader; the Italian cognate Baratta has this sense. It could also be a nickname or metonymic occupational name from Old French barette ‘cap’, ‘bonnet’.
Boy/Male
English
From the brushwood farm.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Lord of the Earth; King
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Heavenly
Girl/Female
Tamil
A bond between friendship and Love
Male
Romanian
Romanian form of Greek Christianos, CRISTIAN means "Christian."
Female
French
Feminine form of French Ambroise, AMBROSINE means "immortal."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Boy/Male
Latin American Greek
Holy name.
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n.
A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace.
n.
The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of December with a part of January.
n.
The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.
n.
One of the dwellers in the Cistercian convent of Port Royal des Champs, near Paris, when it was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century, among them being Arnauld, Pascal, and other famous scholars. Cf. Jansenist.
n.
Alt. of Janitrix
v. t.
To hold a session; to be in session for official business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night.
n.
A female janitor.
a.
Of or pertaining to the janizaries, or their government.
n.
A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace.
n.
Jangling.
imp. & p. p.
of Jangle
n.
A janizary.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Jangle
n.
See Janizary.
n.
The fourth month of the French republican calendar [1792-1806]. It commenced December 21, and ended January 19. See VendEmiaire.
n.
One who is rigorous; -- sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist.
pl.
of Janizary
n. pl.
The fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days before the ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the Roman method.