Janko

Janko is a name that derives from a diminutive form of the name Jan (Slavic languages), Janez (Slovenian), János (Hungarian), and Yakov/Jacob (Ashkenazi Jewish). It also derives from the vernacular form of Latin Johannes. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Janko Benša (born 1977), Serbian distance runner
 * Janko Bobetko (1919–2003), Croatian general
 * Janko Brašić (1906–1994), Serbian naïve painter
 * Janko Drašković (1770–1856), Croatian politician
 * Janko Dreyer (born 1994), South African cricketer
 * Janko Gagić (died 1804), Serbian hajduk leader
 * Janko Gojković (born 1973), Bosnian swimmer
 * Janko Gredelj (1916–1941), Yugoslav communist
 * Janko Halkozović (fl. 1757), Serbian painter
 * Janko Janša (1900–?), Slovenian cross-country skier
 * Janko Jesenský (1874–1945), Slovak lower nobleman and member of the Slovak national movement
 * Janko Kamauf (1801–1874), city magistrate of Gradec and mayor of Zagreb, Croatia
 * Janko Kersnik (1852–1897), Slovene writer and politician
 * Janko Kobentar (born 1940), Slovenian cross-country skier
 * Janko Konstantinov (1926–2010), Macedonian architect and artist
 * Janko Kos (born 1931), Slovenian literary historian
 * Janko Lavrin (1887–1986), Slovene novelist, poet, critic, translator, and historian
 * Janko Leskovar (1861–1949), Croatian novelist
 * Janko Lukovski (1946–2023), Macedonian basketball player and coach
 * Janko Mavrović (born 1977), Croatian team handball player
 * Janko Mežik (1921–1998), Slovenian ski jumper
 * Janko Mihailović Moler (1792–1853), Serbian priest and artist
 * Janko Neuber (born 1971), German cross-country skier
 * Janko Nilović (born 1941), pianist, arranger, and composer
 * Janko Orožen (1891–1989), Slovene historian and schoolteacher
 * Janko Pacar (born 1990), Swiss footballer
 * Janko Pleterski (1923–2018), Slovenian historian, politician, and diplomat
 * Janko Popović Volarić (born 1980), Croatian actor
 * Janko Premrl (1920–1943), Slovene Partisan
 * Janko Prunk (born 1942), Slovenian historian
 * Janko Sanković (fl. 1963–1978), Yugoslavian football goalkeeper
 * Janko Simović (born 1986), Montenegrin footballer
 * Janko Smole (1921–2010), Slovenian politician
 * Janko Tipsarević (born 1984), Serbian tennis player
 * Janko Tumbasević (born 1985), Montenegrin footballer
 * Janko Veber (born 1960), Slovenian politician
 * Janko Veselinović (lawyer) (born 1965), Serbian academic and politician
 * Janko Veselinović (writer) (1862–1905), Serbian writer
 * Janko Vranyczany-Dobrinović (1920–2015), Croatian politician and diplomat
 * Janko Vukotić (1866–1927), Montenegrin general
 * Janko Vuković (1871–1918), Croatian admiral
 * Janko Vučinić (1966–2019), Montenegrin professional boxer and politician
 * Janko Šimrak (1883–1946), Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch
 * Janko Štefe (1923–?), Slovenian alpine skier

Surname

 * Anna Janko (born 1957), Polish poet, writer, columnist and literary critic
 * Eva Janko (born 1945), Austrian javelin thrower
 * Lubomír Janko (born 1955), Czech rower
 * Marc Janko (born 1983), Austrian footballer
 * Paul von Jankó, Hungarian inventor of the Jankó keyboard
 * Richard Janko, British-American classicist
 * Saidy Janko (born 1995), Swiss footballer
 * Sepp Janko (1905–2001), Volksgruppenführer and SS Obersturmführer
 * Zvonimir Janko (1932–2022), Croatian mathematician