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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish (Yáñez) : patronymic from a variant of the personal name Juan, Spanish equivalent of John. Compare Ibanez.
  • Americanized spelling of Slovenian Janež, a derivative of the personal name Janez, Latin Iohannes (see John).

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