Czech (Janča) : from Janča, and Slovak (Jan&cbreve;a, Jan&cbreve;o): from Jan&cbreve;a, a derivative of
the personal name Jan, vernacular form of Greek
Iōannēs (see John).
Americanized
spelling of Hungarian Janka or Jancsa, pet forms of the
personal name János, Hungarian form of John.
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