Jan (Persian name)

Jan or jaan is name of Kurmanji Kurdish origin meaning for 'soul' or 'life', also used as a diminutive suffix attached to names and expressing intimacy, with a meaning roughly equivalent to "darling, dear". It is predominantly used in regions in and around the Indian subcontinent, Iranian plateau and Anatolia.

Given name

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

Middle name

 * Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, Indian musician
 * Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi major general and minister
 * Sarwar Jan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi former member of parliament
 * Sarwar Jan Miah, Bangladeshi politician and lawyer

Surname

 * Ahmad Jan (Bagram detainee), Afghan detainee
 * Ahmad Jan (Taliban governor), Afghan governor
 * Khwaja Yusuf Jan, Bengali aristocrat and politician
 * 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

Variants
Among Turkic peoples, Jan (in different spellings) is also used as a suffix in two-part names.


 * Ali Babacan, Turkish politician
 * Fikri Alican, Turkish scientist
 * Kerimcan Durmaz, Turkish internet celebrity
 * Aisa Hakimcan, Finnish Tatar artist
 * Alimjan Idris, Tatar theologian
 * Ğalimcan İbrahimov, Tatar writer
 * Hamid Olimjon, Uzbek poet
 * Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Uzbek chess player