What is Jan short for?
Jan is short for Janice and Janet. In 2025, 47 boys and 5 girls in the United States were given Jan as their full name, with nothing longer behind it, according to Social Security records.
The names behind Jan
Each count is the number of children given that name in the United States in 2025, from US Social Security records. A name given to fewer than five children in a year is left out of the published file.
Janice Hebrew origin
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Jan from Janice: the midcentury American short form.
70 girls named Janice in 2025