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DŽANIĆ

Džan surname comes from East and Middle East denote the same, Džan before slavonizing ić added to surname. Bosnia and Herzegovina Balkan Peninsula surname meaning spirit, life, soul or heart. From the biblical Hebrew "Yochanan"יוֹחָנָן that can also appear in the longer form of יְהוֹחָנָן‎ (Yəhôḥānān),The name is ancient, recorded as the name of Johanan, high priest of the Second Temple around 400 BCE meaning "YHWH is gracious".It harkens back to the Hebrew name John in English, meaning "God is gracious. Jan (Persian variant : جان, romanized: jān, pronounced [dʒɑːn]) Or Jaan is the Persian word for 'soul' or 'life'. It is notably used in Persian with a meaning roughly equivalent to "darling, dear". The word has also been borrowed in numerous languages of West, Central and South Asia where it is also used in various terms of endearment: e.g. Armenian ջան, Azerbaijani and Turkish Can or canım, Uzbek jonim, Hindi and Urdu jān meaning life. Turkish and Azerbaijani use is derived from the Persian word Jan (Persian: جان) or Jaan.