Jānis

See also: Janis, jänis, Jänis, and jäniš

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded in 13th century. Ultimately from Hebrew, cognate to English John.

Proper noun

Jānis m (2nd declension)

1. a male given name of very common usage
2. John (a biblical character)

Declension

Declension of Jānis (2nd declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	Jānis	Jāņi
genitive	Jāņa	Jāņu
dative	Jānim	Jāņiem
accusative	Jāni	Jāņus
instrumental	Jāni	Jāņiem
locative	Jānī	Jāņos
vocative	Jāni	Jāņi

Related terms

• (male given names):

• Ansis
• Žanis

• (transliterations of foreign cognates):

• Džons
• Džovanni
• Hanss
• Huans
• Ivans
• Janošs
• Jans
• Janušs
• Johans
• Žans

• (female given names):

• Jana
• Janina
• Joanna
• Johanna
• Žanete
• Žanna

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Rīga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: There were 58 286 persons named Jānis in Latvia on May 21st 2010.