Janka

This article is about the given name and surname. For other uses, see Janka (disambiguation).

Janka

Gender	Male, Female
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	"God is merciful"
Region of origin	Germanic, Hungarian, Slovak
Other names
Related names	John, Johan, Jan

Janka is a given name or a surname. The name is a form of the originally Hebrew name Yohanan (meaning "God is merciful"). Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Carlo Janka (born 1986), Swiss alpine ski racer
• Erika Jänkä (born 1995), Finnish biathlete
• Les Janka, American consultant
• Gabriel Janka (1864–1932), Austrian wood researcher
• Victor von Janka (1837–1900), Hungarian botanist
• Walter Janka (1914–1994), German publisher

Given name

• Janka Bryl (1917–2006), Belarusian writer
• Janka Gabor (1896–1997), Austrio-Hungarian Countess de Szigethy, mother of Magda, Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor
• Yanka Dyagileva (1966–1991), Russian poet and singer-songwriter
• Yanka Kupala, also known as Janka Kupała (1882–1942), Belarusian poet and writer
• Yanka Maur, also known as Janka Maŭr (1883–1971), Belarusian writer
• Ahmed Janka Nabay, Sierra Leonean musician

External links

• Distribution of the name Janka in USA