Jaan (given name)

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Jaan
GenderMale
Language(s) Estonian
Name day 24 June [1]
Origin
Region of origin Estonia

Jaan is an Estonian masculine, [1] a cognate of the English-language given name John.

People named Jaan include:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Eesnime Jaan statistika". www.stat.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 28 January 2022.