Jan (Persian name)

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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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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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

## See also

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* Can (name)
* Jan (disambiguation)

## Notes

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## References

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