# Jana
## English
### Etymology

From Czech Jana, ultimately from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of John and Jack and earlier use of Joan in the same role.
Doublet of Ivana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

### Proper noun

Jana
* A female given name from Czech.

### See also

* Jana Gana Mana

### Anagrams

* naja

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjana]
* Rhymes: -ana
* Hyphenation: Ja‧na

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Proper noun

Jana f (relational adjective Janin)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Jane
* Joanna (biblical character)

##### Declension

$^1$Informal.

##### Derived terms

* Janička
* Janinka
* Janka

##### Related terms

* Johana

#### Further reading

* “Jana”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “Jana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Jana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Proper noun

Jana
* genitive/accusative singular of Jan

## Estonian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɑnɑ/

### Proper noun

Jana
* a female given name, variant of Jaana, from Johanna

## Faroese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Jana
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Jana: Januson
* daughter of Jana: Janudóttir

#### Declension
## German
### Etymology

Today usually interpreted as the feminine form of Jan, though it can also derive from Juliana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjaːna]
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* Hyphenation: Ja‧na

### Proper noun

Jana
* a female given name

## Icelandic
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjaːna/
* Rhymes: -aːna

### Proper noun

Jana f (proper noun, genitive singular Jönu)
* a female given name

#### Declension
## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Dīāna, Diāna, Iāna

### Etymology

Variant of Diāna shortened by procope, from Old Latin Dīāna by syncope of Old Latin Dīvāna. Compare Jūpiter from Old Latin Diēspiter, and Jovis from Old Latin Diovis. Also see Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē), from a shared root whence by analogical formation also evolved Latin Jūnō, Jūnōnis.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈi̯aː.na/, [ˈi̯äːnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈja.na/, [ˈjäːnä]

### Proper noun

Jāna f (genitive Jānae); first declension
* (religion) Alternative spelling of Iāna. The moon-goddess identified as Diana, daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; goddess of the hunt, associated with wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Greek goddess Artemis.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* “Jana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Jana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Latvian
### Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1925. A modern feminine form of Jānis, variant of Johanna.

### Proper noun

Jana f
* a female given name

### References

* Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
* Population Register of Latvia: Jana was the only given name of 4123 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

A variant of Ana, mainly found in the Kajkavian speaking area.

### Pronunciation

* (Jána): IPA: /jǎːna/
* (Jȁna): IPA: /jâna/
* Rhymes: -ǎːna

### Proper noun

Jána or Jȁna f (Cyrillic spelling Ја́на or Ја̏на)
* a female given name

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Jana”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

## Slovak
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjana]

### Proper noun

Jana f (genitive singular Jany, nominative plural Jany, declension pattern of žena)
* a female given name

#### Derived terms

* Janka
* Januľa, Januľka, Janulienka
* Januša, Januška
* Janina, Janinka

### Further reading

* “Jana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025