Jana
[ˈdʒɑːnə]Meaning
feminine form of Jan; also a Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian variant of Ana
Background Story
Behind the Name gives Jana as the feminine form of Jan, and separately as a Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian variant of Ana. Wiktionary traces the English name to Czech Jana, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα, from Hebrew Yôḥānāh, literally "God is gracious". Wikipedia records Jana as the spelling of several unrelated given names, including an Albanian short form of Jehona, an Arabic noun meaning "to earn" or "to reap", and a Persian name meaning "my dearest" or "my soul".
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