Jaan
GenderMale
Language(s)Estonian
Name day24 June[1]
Origin
Region of originEstonia

Jaan is an Estonian masculine,[1] a cognate of the English-language given name John.

People named Jaan include:

  • Jaan Anvelt (1884–1937), Estonian communist revolutionary
  • Jaan Arder (1952–2014), Estonian singer
  • Jaan Ehlvest (born 1962), Estonian chess player
  • Jaan Eigo (1866–1946), Estonian politician
  • Jaan Eilart (1933–2006), Estonian biologist
  • Jaan Einasto (born 1929), Estonian astrophysicist
  • Jaan Hargel (1912–1966), Estonian conductor, music teacher, oboe player and flautist
  • Jaan Eslon (1952–2000), Estonian-Swedish chess player
  • Jaan Hünerson (1882–1942), Estonian agronomist and politician
  • Jaan Isotamm (1939–2014), Estonian poet
  • Jaan Jaago (1887–1949), Estonian wrestler
  • Jaan Jung (1835–1900), Estonian educator, archeologist and historian
  • Jaan Jüris (born 1977), Estonian ski jumper
  • Jaan Kalviste (1898–1936), Estonian chemist, educator, and translator
  • Jaan Kaplinski (1941–2021), Estonian poet, philosopher, and culture critic
  • Jaan Kärner (1891–1958), Estonian poet and writer
  • Jaan Kiivit Sr. (1906–1971), Estonian Archbishop
  • Jaan Kiivit, Jr. (1940–2005), Estonian Archbishop
  • Jaan Kikkas (1892–1944), Estonian weightlifter
  • Jaan Kirsipuu (born 1969), Estonian road bicycle racer
  • Jaan Klõšeiko (1939–2016), Estonian printmaker and photographer
  • Jaan Kolberg (born 1958), Estonian film director and producer
  • Jaan Kokk (1903–1942), Estonian politician
  • Jaan Kriisa (1882–1942), Estonian lawyer and politician
  • Jaan Kross (1920–2007), Estonian contemporary writer
  • Jaan Kruus (1884–1942), Estonian military General
  • Jaan Kruusvall (1940–2012), Estonian writer and playwright
  • Jaan Kundla (born 1937), Estonian politician
  • Jaan Kurn (1893–1981), Estonian teacher, poet and translator
  • Jaan Laaman (born 1948), Estonian-born American member of the United Freedom Front
  • Jaan Lattik, (1878–1967), Estonian politician and writer
  • Jaan Lepp (1895–1941), Estonian track and field athlete and soldier
  • Jaan J. Leppik (born 1969), Estonian clergyman and politician
  • Jaan Lippmaa (1942–2021), Estonian engineer and politician
  • Jaan Lõo (1872–1939), Estonian Supreme Court judge, poet and politician
  • Jaan Lüllemets (1932–2004), Estonian politician
  • Jaan Maide (1896–1945), Estonian Army officer and commander
  • Jaan Manitski (born 1942), Estonian politician
  • Jaan Mark (born 1951), Estonian politician
  • Jaan Masing (1875–1948), Estonian politician
  • Jaan Miger (1859–1940), Estonian politician
  • Jaan Murro (1903–1969), Estonian editor, journalist and politician
  • Jaan Patterson (born 1975), German American writer and composer, founder of the netlabel Surrism-Phonoethics
  • Jaan Pehk (born 1975), Estonian writer, singer and guitarist
  • Jaan Piiskar (1883–1942), Estonian educator and politician
  • Jaan Põdra (1894–1942), Estonian politician
  • Jaan Port (1891–1951), Estonian botanist
  • Jaan Poska (1866–1920), Estonian barrister and politician
  • Jaan Puhvel (born 1932), Estonian-American Indo-Europeanist
  • Jaan Puidet (born 1992), Estonian basketball player
  • Jaan Rääts (1932–2020), Estonian film score composer
  • Jaan Rannap (1931–2023), Estonian children's writer
  • Jaan Raudsepp (1873–1945), Estonian politician
  • Jaan Rekkor (born 1958), Estonian actor
  • Jaan Ruus (1938–2017), Estonian film critic, journalist and film editor
  • Jaan Sarv (1877–1954), Estonian mathematician and pedagogue
  • Jaan Soots (1880–1942), Estonian military commander
  • Jaan Tallinn (born 1972), Estonian programmer
  • Jaan Talts (born 1944), Estonian weightlifter
  • Jaan Tätte (born 1964), Estonian playwright, poet, actor, and singer
  • Jaan Teemant (1872–?), Estonian lawyer and politician
  • Jaan Tiidemann (born 1971), Estonian architect
  • Jaan Tõnisson (1868–?), Estonian statesman
  • Jaan Toomik (born 1961), Estonian video artist and a painter
  • Jaan Tooming (born 1946), Estonian actor, stage and film director and writer
  • Jaan Treumann (1881–1941), Estonian Lutheran clergyman, educator and politician
  • Jaan Usin (1887–1941), Estonian Navy commander
  • Jaan Vain (1886–1942), Estonian lawyer and politician
  • Jaan Valsiner (born 1951), Estonian-American psychologist

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Eesnime Jaan statistika". www.stat.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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