title: Jan
text: # Jan
  
  Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to:
  
  ## Acronyms
  
  * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN
  * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code
  * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group
  * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN
  * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name
  * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities
  * Joint Army-Navy, US standards for electronic color codes, etc.
  * Journal of Advanced Nursing
  
  ## Personal name
  
  * Jan (name), male variant of John, female shortened form of Janet and Janice
  * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name
  * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles
  * Ján, Slovak name
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar
  * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a minimum number of points
  * Jan (comic book writer), pseudonym of Spanish comic book artist Juan López Fernández
  * Jan Mayen, Norwegian island in the Arctic Ocean
  * "Jan", a WIGS-produced YouTube drama
  * "Jan", a short film produced by Amos Yee
  