Jana (given name)

Jana

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	various unrelated
Meaning	various

Jana is the spelling of several unrelated given names. See Jaana for the Finnish and Estonian given name.

• Persian (Persian: جانا) My dearest, My soul.
• a Catalan old name
• In Cantabria it is the feminine form of Jano, a Celtic god based on the Roman Janus (see also xana of Asturias).
• the Roman goddess Diana, who was often called Jana. Jana is also the feminine form of the Roman god Janus.
• In Arabic Jana, is a noun which means "to Earn" or "to Reap" (Essentially making the name the arabic equivalent of the name Theresa) and is used as a female name, but is pronounced as Janaa.
• In Albanian, short for Jehona which means echo, other short names include Jona, Ana, Hona
• In Brazilian Portuguese, short for Janaína, a name with Amerindian and African origins, meaning "queen of the seas" or "mother of the fishes"
• In Hebrew, Jana means "God is gracious"

People

• Jana (footballer)
• Jana (Native American singer)
• Jana (singer)
• Jana Andrsová (1939–2023), Czech ballerina and actress
• Jana Asher, American statistician and human rights activist
• Jana Assi (born 1999), Lebanese footballer
• Jana Bach (born 1979), German pornographic actress, model, and television host
• Jana Begum, Mughal Indian noblewoman and scholar
• Jana Beller (born 1990), Soviet-born German model
• Jana Bellin (born 1947), chess player
• Jana Bennett (1955–2022), American-born British media consultant
• Jana Bobošíková (born 1964), Czech politician
• Jana Boková, Czech film director
• Jana Brejchová (born 1940), Czech film actress
• Jana Budajová (born 1992), Slovakian ice hockey goaltender
• Jana Burčeska (born 1993), Macedonian singer
• Jana Carpenter (born 1971), American actress, singer and guitarist
• Jana Čepelová (born 1993), Slovak tennis player
• Jana Černá (1928–1981), Czech poet, writer and editor
• Jana Daubnerová (née Gereková, born 1984), Slovak biathlete
• Jana Dítětová (1926 – 1993), Czechoslovak film actress
• Jana Doleželová (born 1981), Czech actress, model, pharmacist and beauty pageant titleholder
• Jana Dörries (born 1975), German swimmer
• Jana Dukátová (born 1983), Slovak slalom canoeist
• Jana Duļevska (born 1980), Latvian actress and TV presenter
• Jana Elhassan (born 1985), Lebanese novelist and short story writer
• Jana Farmanová (born 1970), Slovak contemporary figurative painter
• Jana Fesslová (born 1976), Paralympian athlete from Czech Republic
• Jana Fett (born 1996), Croatian tennis player
• Jana Galíková-Hlaváčová (born 22 January 1963), orienteering competitor who competed for Czechoslovakia
• Jana Gantnerová (born 1989), Slovak Alpine skier
• Jana Hlaváčková (born 1981), Czech tennis player
• Jana Horáková (born 1983), Czech professional BMX cyclist
• Jana Hubinská (born 1964), Slovak film and stage actress
• Jana Hunter, American musician
• Jana Marie Hupp (born 1964), American actress
• Jana Hybášková (born 1965), Czech and European politician and diplomat
• Jana Ina (born 1976) Brazilian TV show host and model
• Jana Jacková (born 1982), Czech chess player
• Jana Jonášová (born 1943), Czech opera singer
• Jana Jurečková (born 1940), Czech statistician
• Jana Juřenčáková (born 1962), Czech politician and economist
• Jana Juricová (born 1987), Slovak tennis player
• Jana Kapustová (born 1983), Slovakian ice hockey player
• Jana Khayat (born 1961), British businesswoman
• Jana Khokhlova (born 1985), Russian former competitive ice dancer
• Jana Kirschner (born 1978), Slovak singer and songwriter
• Jana Knedlíková (born 1989), Czech handballer
• Jana Kolarič (born 1954), Slovene author and translator
• Jana Komrsková (born 1983), Czech artistic gymnast
• Jana Korbasová (born 1974), Slovak swimmer
• Jana Koščak (born 2006), Croatian multi-event track and field athlete
• Jana Košecká, Slovak-American computer scientist
• Jana Králová, Czech football player
• Jana Kramer (born 1983), American actress and country music singer
• Jana Krausová, (born 1954), Czech actress
• Jana Krishnamurthi (1928–2007), Indian political leader
• Jana Kubičková-Posnerová (born 1945), Slovak gymnast
• Jana Kubovčáková, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
• Jana Labáthová (born 1988), Slovak synchronized swimmer
• Jana Lacinová, Czech football player
• Jana Linke-Sippl (born 1968), Austrian bodybuilder
• Jana Majunke (born 1990), German Paralympic cyclist
• Jana Malik (born 1974), Pakistani actress
• Jana McKinnon, Austrian-Australian actress
• Jana Moravcová (1937–2018), Czech poet, writer, and translator
• Jana Mrázková (born 1940), Czech figure skater
• Jana Müller (born 1978), German volleyball player
• Jana Nejedly (born 1974), Czech-Canadian tennis player
• Jana Novotná (1968–2017), Czech tennis player
• Jana Obrovská (1930 – 1987), Czech composer
• Jana Pallaske (born 1979), German actress
• Jana Pittman (born 1982), Australian athlete
• Jana Plauchová (born 1987), Slovak writer
• Jana Plodková (born 1981), Czech actress
• Jana Pospíšilová (born 1970), Czech tennis player
• Jana Rabasová (1933 – 2008), Czech gymnast
• Jana Revedin (born 1965), architect
• Jana Riess (born 1969), American writer and editor
• Jana Rodriguez Hertz (born 1970), Argentine-Uruguayan mathematician
• Jana S. Rošker (born 1960), Slovenian sinologist
• Jana Roxas (born 1990), Filipino actress
• Jana Rybářová (synchronized swimmer) (born 1978), Czech synchronized swimmer
• Jana Šaldová (born 1975), Czech cross country skier
• Jana Šikulová (born 1988), Czech artistic gymnast
• Jana Šimánková (born 1980), Czech volleyball player
• Jana Sinyor (born 1976), Canadian television writer and producer
• Jana Šramková (born 1976), Czech rhythmic gymnast
• Jana Sterbak, Czech-Canadian artist
• Jana Šulcová (1947–2023), Czech actress
• Jana Švandová (born 1947), Czech actress
• Jana Sýkorová (born 1973), Czech operatic contralto
• Jana Taylor (1943–2004), American actress
• Jana Thiel (1971–2016), German sports presenter and journalist
• Jana Tichá (born 1965), Czech astronomer
• Jana Tucholke (born 1981), German discus thrower
• Jana Vaľová (born 1965), Slovak politician
• Jana Velďáková (born 1981), Slovak long jumper
• Jana Veselá (born 1983), Czech professional basketball player
• Jana Vojteková (born 1991), Slovak football midfielder
• Jana Zvěřinová (born 1937), Czechoslovak slalom canoeist

Fictional entities

• Jana, a fictitious character in the television series Containment
• Jana Hawkes Fisher, a character on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Jana von Lahnstein, fictional character in the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)
• Jana of the Jungle

See also

• Jana (disambiguation)
• Janus (disambiguation)