jan

alternative jân · alternative jann

1. obsoleteObsolete form of jinn.

   He cast out the demons of possessed persons, and he bound the jân, wellah, in yonder corner.

   1888, Charles Montagu Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of January.
2. A male given name from Dutch.

1. datedA male given name from Hebrew.

1. A female given name.

   Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer).

   2025 March 26, Jordan Valinsky, “Chili’s is opening a retro restaurant in Scranton that celebrates ‘The Office’”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025

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   "Yes, Mommy," answered Janice. Then she turned to her friend and asked, "Shall I wear my light chintz and kenton kerchief, or my purple and white striped Persian?" "Sufficiently smart for a country lass, Jan," cried her friend.

   1899, Paul Leicester Ford, chapter 1, in Janice Meredith

   She's startled. How long has it been since he called her Jax instead of Janet or Jan? The last is a nickname she secretly hates. It makes her think of that syrupy-sweet actress on Lassie when she was a kid, the little boy (Timmy, his name was Timmy) always fell down a well or got bitten by a snake or trapped under a rock, and what kind of parents put a kid's life in the hands of a fucking collie?

   2008, Stephen King, Just after Sunset, Simon and Schuster, published 2009, →ISBN, page 129

1. A male given name, equivalent to English John.

   Jan Petter Vala is serving part of a 10-year murder sentence on a posh island in southern Norway.

   2012 May 24, John D. Sutter, “Welcome to the world’s nicest prison”, in CNN

1. Alternative letter-case form of Jan (“January”).

plural JANs

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Japanese Accepted Name.