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For some unknown reason, Jan (pronounced Jan, like the girl's name, not Yahn) was a popular name for boys in my school. There were 2 hot guys named Jan there, and nobody teased them about having a girl's name. If they had been nerdy or creepy, they would have been teased relentlessly. Another guy's middle name was Jan. I never heard of guys named Jan until I moved to that town and that school. There were also guys in that school named Francis and Marion (also girl's names).

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Jan (YAHN) is the nordic form of Greek, German "Johannes", English "John"

Famous real-life people named Jan

Jan van Eyck, Gothic painter
Jan Vetter ("Farin Urlaub"), German pop musician ("Die Ärzte")
Jan Vermeer van Delft, Baroque Painter
Jan Lammers, German race car pilot
Jan Koller, German football player
Jan Ullrich, German cyclist
Jan Hus, Czech Reformer (1369-1415)
Jan Hegenberg, German musician
Jan Delay, German pop musician
Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, game show host

Jan in song, story & screen

Jan, the bodybuilding brother of Mieke, the German girl the movie "Eurotrip" is about