Jan vs Jane - What's the difference?
jan | jane | Related terms |
A female nickname, sometimes used as a formal given name.
* 1899 Paul Leicester Ford: Janice Meredith : Chapter 1:
* 2008 , (Stephen King), Just After Sunset , Simon and Schuster (2009), ISBN 1416586652, page 129:
A male given name, in English mostly applied to foreign language speakers.
English diminutives of female given names
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; the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century.
* 1605 William Camden: Remains Concerning Britain . John Russell Smith, 1870. p.103-104:
* 1830 , Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
* 1912 (H.H.Munro), The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope :
derived from a (etyl) variant of John.
Jane is a related term of jan.
As proper nouns the difference between jan and jane
is that jan is abbreviation of January|lang=en while Jane is {{given name|female|from=Hebrew}}; the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century.As nouns the difference between jan and jane
is that jan is obsolete form of lang=en while Jane is a woman, often specifically a girlfriend.jan
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Etymology 2
Shortened from (Janet) and (Janice).Proper noun
(en proper noun)- "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.
- 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?
Etymology 3
From (etyl), (etyl), (etyl), (etyl), modern Scandinavian etc. Jan, from (etyl) .Proper noun
(en proper noun)jane
English
Alternative forms
* Jayne, JaineProper noun
(s)- In latter years some of the better and nicer sort, misliking Joan, have mollified the name of Joan into Jane', as it may seem, for that ' Jane is never found in old Records; and as some will, never before the time of King Henry the eight.
- People will please their fancies, and every lady has favourite names. I myself have several, and they are mostly short and simple. Jane', that queenly name! '''Jane''' Seymour, '''Jane''' Grey, 'the noble ' Jane de Montford;' - - -
- "What I mean is," said Mrs. Riversedge, "that when I get maids with unsuitable names I call them Jane ; they soon get used to it."
- "An excellent plan," said the aunt of Clovis coldly; "unfortunately I have got used to being called Jane myself. It happens to be my name."