Janez (given name)

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JanezPronunciation| Slovene pronunciation: [ˈjaːnɛs]

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Gender| Male
Origin
Meaning| John
Region of origin| Slovenia
Other names
Related names| Ján, Janež, Janša; Johannes, Johann, Johan; John

Janez is a Slovene form of the given name John.[1]

* Janez Burger (born 1965), film director
* Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008), second president of Slovenia
* Janez Drozg (1933–2005), film director
* Janez Istenič, footballer
* Janez Janež (1913–1990), expatriate surgeon
* Janez Janša (born 1958), fifth prime minister of Slovenia
* Janez Lapajne (born 1967), film director
* Janez Lenarčič (born 1967), diplomat
* Janez Semrajč (born 1989), tennis player
* Janez Vajkard Valvasor (1641–1693) Slovene name of Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, scholar and polymath

## References

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1. ^ Keber, Janez. 1988. Leksikon imen. Izvor imen na Slovenskem. Celje: Mohorjeva družba, pp. 213–216.

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