Janes

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Jump to navigation Jump to search

See also: janes, jänes, and Jänes

English

Etymology

As a southern English surname, variant of Jane; compare Jayne.
As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, from Janeš, variant of Janež, ultimately a derivative of Latin Johannes (English John). Also from the noun janež (“anise”). Compare Yanes.
As a Czech surname, from Janeš, a pet form of the name Jan (and thus also related to Latin Johannes).

Proper noun

Janes

plural of Jane

Proper noun

Janes

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.

Anagrams

Jeans, jeans

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Janes&oldid=71161330"