Jana 3968056 224884037 2008-07-10T20:56:48Z 134.117.196.212 /* People identified as Jana */ {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Jana | image= | imagesize= | caption= | gender = Male/Female | meaning = Arabic for "it is what you gained" (yajni) | region = Lebanon/India | origin = A very old name used in the Arabic world | shortform = Janarthanan | footnotes = }} :''in Sanskrit, ''jana'' means "tribe, people"; see [[Janapada]]. , also its is the shortform of Janarthanan'' '''Jana''' is a man's given name, which has many origins. In [[India]] however, Jana is a shortform for the [[Hindu]] God [[Janarthanan / Janardhan]]. In [[Arabic]] it is a verb used in the sense of harvesting good things from life. It is also found in the [[Quran]] ; God harvested the fruits of heaven. For some it is the name of the [[Roman mythology|Roman]] goddess [[Diana (mythology)|Diana]], who was often called Jana; for others, Jana is a [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] short-form for [[Johanna]]. Less often, this form is Janna. == People identified as Jana == *[[Jana (Native American singer)|Jana]] - Native American singer. *[[Jana (singer)|Jana]] - Serbian singer *[[P.S.Jana ]] - Canada ==Fictional Janas== *[[Jana of the Jungle]] ==Variants== Jaina, Janna, Janne, [[Jane]], [[Janet]], Janka (Bulgarian), Janina (Polish), Janita, Jantina, Janka (Hungarian), [[Janica]], Jaana (Finnish), Janine, [[Jeanne]], Yana. ==Acronym== *Jana (or JANA) is an acronym for [[Jamahiriya News Agency]], Libya's state news agency. *Jana (or JANA) is an acronym for Jafria Association of North America, the oldest Shia Muslim organization in the US. [[Category:given names]] [[cs:Jana]] [[da:Jonna]] [[de:Jana (Vorname)]] [[is:Jana]] [[it:Giovanna]] [[hu:Jana]] [[no:Jana]] [[ru:Яна]] [[sk:Jana (prvé meno)]] [[fi:Jonna]] [[sv:Jana]]