January (given name)

January is a given name. It is derived from the name of the month, which comes from Janus, a Roman god who stood for beginnings and transitions.

People

 * January Jones (singer), an American pop singer née Jacqueline Allison
 * January Jones (born 1978), American actress
 * January Suchodolski (1797–1875), Polish artist
 * January Thompson (born 1983), American singer

Fictional characters

 * January, one of the main characters in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Merchant's Tale"
 * January, an AI from the 2017 video game Prey
 * January, the protagonist in Alix Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January
 * January, the protagonist in Emily Henry's Beach Read