Jana
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Jana is the spelling of several unrelated given names.
Jaina, Janna, Janne, Jane
, Janet
, Janina (Polish), Janita, Jantina, Janka (Bulgarian, Hungarian), Janica
, Jaana (Finnish), Janine, Jeanne
, Jonna (Danish), Yana., Janarthanan(Tamil)
- a SlavicSlavic languagesThe Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
short-form for JohannaJohannaJohanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form Iōanna lacks a medial -h- because in Greek /h/ could only occur initially...
. - the RomanRoman mythologyRoman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system, as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans...
goddess DianaDiana (mythology)In Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt and moon and birthing, being associated with wild animals and woodland, and having the power to talk to and control animals. She was equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, though she had an independent origin in Italy...
, who was often called Jana - In IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
however, Jana is a shortform for the Hindu god Janarthanan. - In Arabic it's a noun which means Paradise or Garden, used as a female name, but is pronounced as Jannah
Johanna
Other short forms of Johanna include Jana (Serbian Latin) Јана (Serbian Cyrillic)(Serbia, Srpska, Montenegro),Jaina, Janna, Janne, Jane
Jane
-Music:* Jane * Jane *Jane , an album by Jane McDonald* "Jane" * "Jane", a song by Ben Folds Five from their 1999 album The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner...
, Janet
Janet
Janet may refer to:* Janet , a female given name* Janet Jackson, American recording artist, actress, and author* JANET , the computer network which connects universities in the United Kingdom...
, Janina (Polish), Janita, Jantina, Janka (Bulgarian, Hungarian), Janica
Janica
Janica is a Slavic female given name used in Croatia, the diminutive form of the name Jana. The English equivalent of the name is Janice or Janie.It is debated upon whether the name is actually Hebrew, in which the meaning of Janica is "God's Gracious Gift"....
, Jaana (Finnish), Janine, Jeanne
Jeanne
Jeanne is a French female name, equivalent to the English Joan, Jane, Jean and several historical figures in English named Joanna...
, Jonna (Danish), Yana., Janarthanan(Tamil)
People identified as Jana
- Jana (born 1974), Serbian singer
- Jana Duggar (born 1990), reality TV star
- Jana JordanJana JordanJana Jordan is an American adult model and a pornographic actress who was Penthouse Pet of the Month for August 2007.- Career :...
(born 1986), American pornographic actress and model - Jana MashoneeJana (Native American singer)Jana Mashonee is a singer, songwriter and actress. She is Lumbee and Tuscarora, originally from Robeson County, North Carolina, currently residing near New York City, in Greenwich, CT...
, Native American singer - Jana NejedlyJana NejedlyJana Nejedly is a professional Canadian tennis player.Nejedly's highest WTA singles ranking is 64th, which she reached on October 2, 2000. Her career high in doubles was at 227 set at August 12, 1996....
(born 1974), Canadian tennis player but she was born in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic - Jana NovotnáJana NovotnáJana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...
(born 1968), Czech former tennis player - Jana PallaskeJana PallaskeJana Pallaske is a German actress and singer in the rock band Spitting Off Tall Buildings.-Filmography:* Alaska.de , Sabine* Jeans , Nina* Engel & Joe , Joe* Baader , Karin...
(born 1979), German actress - Jana Pittman (born 1982), Australian athlete
- Jana TucholkeJana TucholkeJana Tucholke is a retired female discus thrower from Germany. She set her personal best on May 12, 2007 at a meet in Leipzig.-Achievements:-External links:...
(born 1981), German former discus thrower - Jana HunterJana HunterJana Hunter is a Baltimore-based songwriter and musician. She was born in Texas and is currently a member of Lower Dens.She is signed to Gnomonsong, a new record label run by Devendra Banhart and Vetiver's Andy Cabic...
, musician - Jana Goyvaerts, Belgian actress
- Jana Hawkes Fisher, a character on the American soap opera The Young and the RestlessThe Young and the RestlessThe Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
Fictional Janas
- Jana of the JungleJana of the JungleJana of the Jungle is a cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera. It first aired alongside Godzilla as The Godzilla Power Hour.-Plot:The series is essentially about a female version of Tarzan named Jana , who traveled to the rain forests of South America in search of her lost father...
- Ajde Jano, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
is famous Serbian traditional song.
See also
- Jana (disambiguation)Jana (disambiguation)Jana may refer to:*a given name; see Jana *in Roman mythology, a variant form of Diana *the Sanskrit for "tribe, people", see Janapada*Jana , whose full name is Jana Mashonee...
- Janus (disambiguation)