English Explanatory Dictionary

janes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of jane
name
  1. plural of Jane
name
  1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.

Word forms

janes

Etymology

* As a southern English surname, variant of Jane; compare Jayne. * As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, from Janeš, variant of Janež, ultimately a derivative of Latin Johannes (English John). Also from the noun janež (“anise”). Compare Yanes. * As a Czech surname, from Janeš, a pet form of the name Jan (and thus also related to Latin Johannes).

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