Jan (Persian name)
Jan (, ) is the Persian word for 'soul' or 'life'. It is notably used in Persian as a diminutive suffix attached to names and expressing intimacy, with a meaning roughly equivalent to "darling, dear". The word has also been borrowed in numerous languages of West, Central and South Asia where it is also used in various terms of endearment: e.g. Armenian ջան, Azerbaijani and Turkish canım, Uzbek jonim, Hindi and Urdu mērī jān (/), all meaning 'my life'. Jan is also used as a given name in Greater Iran and as a surname in Pashto. Given name
 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 actor and model

Middle name
 Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, Indian musician

Surname
 Ahmad Jan (Bagram detainee), Afghan detainee
 Ahmad Jan (Taliban governor), Afghan governor
 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

See also
 Can (name)
 Jan (disambiguation)

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Persian masculine given names
Masculine given names
Afghan given names
Urdu masculine given names