Jan (Persian name)

Jan (Persian: جان, pron.: Jaan) is the Persian word for soul. It is also used as a diminutive suffix attached to names and titles, and in this case it means "[my] dear". It is used as a given name in Greater Iran.

Given name[]

Jan Nisar Akhtar, Indian poet
Jan Fishan Khan, Indian warlord
Jan Mohammad Jamali, Baluch Sardar
Jan Muhammad Junejo, Khilafat Movement leader
Jan Mohammed Khan, Afghan politician
Jan Uddin, British actor and model

Middle name[]

Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, Indian musician

Surname[]

Ahmad Jan (Bagram detainee), Afghan detainee
Ahmad Jan (Taliban governor), Afghan governor
Lalak Jan, Pakistani military personnel
Maulana Hassan Jan, Assassinated Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam politician
Mian Shakirullah Jan, Pashtun judge and member of the PCO Judges case protest

See also[]

Can (name)
Jan (disambiguation)

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