Jahn
German
Etymology
Reduced from Johannes; as an Eastern German surname, also from Czech Jan, itself related to the former.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Jahn m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Jahns or (with an article) Jahn, feminine genitive Jahn, plural Jahns)
- a surname
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jahn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 240.