Proper noun

1. A female nickname, sometimes used as a formal given name.

Quotations

• 1899 Paul Leicester Ford: Janice Meredith: Chapter 1:

  "Yes, Mommy," answered Janice. Then she turned to her friend and asked, "Shall I wear my light chintz and kenton kerchief, or my purple and white striped Persian?"

  "Sufficiently smart for a country lass, Jan," cried her friend.

Proper noun

1. A male given name of , and origin, also used in Germany and Scandinavia.