Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, and Slovenian; Hungarian
(Jankó) : from a pet form of the Slavic personal name
Jan, Slovenian Janez, Hungarian János,
vernacular forms of Latin Johannes (see John).
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from a pet form of the personal name
Yakov (see Jacob).
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