Jana
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/* People identified as Jana */
{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = Jana
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| 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
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}}
:''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]]