Ján
Barely 150 Polish men carry it, so most people here have never met one. From Hebrew, it means "god is gracious", and fewer receive it each year.
Ján Pronunciation
Ján is pronounced YÁN (/ján/).
What Ján means
Where Ján comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ján traces back to the Hebrew Yohanan, which means god is gracious. Greek reshaped it into Ioannes, Latin into Iohannes, and from there it reached nearly every European tongue: John in English, Jean in French, Johannes in German. The Polish Jan sits inside that family, and the gloss bóg jest łaskawy keeps the original reading intact.
In Poland the name rarely stays formal for long. A boy entered on a class register as Jan becomes Janek among friends and Jaś at home. Janusz broke off long ago and now stands as its own name. The feminine Janina gives the same Hebrew root to daughters.
Jan fills the Polish calendar. June 24 belongs to Jan the Baptist, and that imieniny still puts more than one Janek in a single register.
How many people are named Ján
1 in 136835 men in Poland is named Ján. 156 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2585 among male names.
Ján's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Ján as a middle name
Ján is a first name for 156 men in Poland and a middle name for another 12, a 93/7 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2799th, between Joon (12) and Kadi̇r (12).
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#2797 Joaquín12
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#2798 Joon12
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#2799 Ján12
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#2800 Kadi̇r12
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#2801 Kain12