Type Surname (from given name)
Usage English
Meaning & History
Means "son of Jenk", a short form of Jenkin, a diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of John.
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesHovanesian, Hovhannisyan(Armenian) Ivanoŭ, Ivanova, Ivanow(Belarusian) Ivanov, Ivanova(Bulgarian) Ivanović(Croatian) Janda, Jandová, Janáček, Janáčková, Janíček, Janíčková(Czech) Jensen, Jenson, Johannessen, Johansen, Johnsen(Danish) Jans, Jansen, Jansens, Jansing, Jansingh, Jansink, Janson, Janssen, Janssens, Janzen, Yancy(Dutch) Janssens(Flemish) Jean(French) Jans, Janson, Janz, Gensch, Jahn(German) Giannopoulos, Giannopoulou, Ioannidi, Ioannidis, Ioannidou, Ioannou(Greek) Jankovics(Hungarian) Jensson, Jóhannsson(Icelandic) Nana, Nani, Nanni, Nannini, Zanetti, Zunino(Italian) Jansone, Jansons(Latvian) Valjean(Literature) Jonaitienė, Jonaitis, Jonaitytė(Lithuanian) Ivanov, Ivanova, Ivanovska, Ivanovski, Jovanovska, Jovanovski(Macedonian) Jansen, Jensen, Jenssen, Johannessen, Johansen, Johnsen(Norwegian) Janda(Polish) Ion, Ionescu(Romanian) Ivanov, Ivanova(Russian) Jack(Scottish) Ivanović, Jovanović(Serbian) Janíček, Janíčková(Slovak) Jankovič(Slovene) Juan, Ibáñez(Spanish) Janson, Jansson, Johansson, Jonsson, Johnsson, Jönsson(Swedish) Ivanov, Ivanova(Ukrainian) Bevan, Evans, Jones(Welsh)
Categories
