- Source: Jan (Persian name)
Jan (Persian: جان, romanized: jān, pronounced [dʒɑːn]) or jaan is name of Persian origin meaning for 'soul' or 'life', also used as a diminutive suffix attached to names and expressing intimacy, with a meaning roughly equivalent to "darling, dear".
Given name
Jan Nisar Akhtar, Indian poet
Jan Fishan Khan, Afghan warlord
Jan Mohammad Jamali, Baluch Sardar
Jan Muhammad Junejo, Khilafat Movement leader
Jan Mohammed Khan, Afghan politician
Jan Uddin, British-Bangladeshi actor and model
Middle name
Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, Indian musician
Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi major general and minister
Sarwar Jan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi former member of parliament
Sarwar Jan Miah, Bangladeshi politician and lawyer
Surname
Ahmad Jan (Bagram detainee), Afghan detainee
Ahmad Jan (Taliban governor), Afghan governor
Khwaja Yusuf Jan, Bengali aristocrat and politician
Lalak Jan, Pakistani military personnel
Maulana Hassan Jan, Assassinated Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam politician
Mian Shakirullah Jan, Pashtun judge and member of the PCO Judges case protest
Variants
Among Turkic peoples, Jān (usually Can) is also used as a suffix in two-part names.
Ali Babacan, Turkish politician
Fikri Alican, Turkish scientist
Kerimcan Durmaz, Turkish internet celebrity
Aisa Hakimcan, Finnish Tatar artist
Alimjan Idris, Tatar theologian
Ğalimcan İbrahimov, Tatar writer
Hamid Olimjon, Uzbek poet
Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Uzbek chess player
See also
Can (name)
Jan (disambiguation)
Notes
References
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