Jana is the spelling of several unrelated given names.

  • In Albanian, short for Jehona which means "echo", other short names include Jona, Ana, Hona
  • In Arabic Jana, is a noun which means "to Earn" or "to Reap" (Essentially making the name the Arabic equivalent of the name Theresa) and is used as a female name, but is pronounced as Janaa
  • In Brazilian Portuguese, short for Janaína, a name Amerindian, is a female name of Tupi-Guarani origin. It derives from the combination of the terms "îana", which means "river" in Tupi, and "nã", which means "mother". The name can be interpreted as "mother of the river" or "meaning "queen of the seas"[1]
  • In Cantabria it is the feminine form of Jano, a Celtic god based on the Roman Janus (see also xana of Asturias)
  • an old Catalan name
Jana
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/namevarious unrelated
Meaningvarious

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  1. ^ "Significado do nome Janaína". Crescer (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  2. ^ "Jana - Baby Name Meaning, Origin and Popularity". www.thebump.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  3. ^ ""Ona koja je poslata od Boga" Žensko ime koje ima prejako značenje i samo 4 slova". Srpskainfo (in Serbian). 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  4. ^ "Ime Jana @ Acta Croatica". actacroatica.com. Retrieved 2024-11-13.