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janes Name Meaning and History

  1. English: patronymic from the personal name Jan (see Jayne).
  2. Czech (Janeš): from a pet form of the personal name Jan, a vernacular form of Greek Ioannes (see John).

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Distribution of janes Families in the US in 1920
Number of janes families
 390-777
 131-389
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