Jani is a male given name, particularly common in
Finland
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and
Hungary
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. It is derived from the Hebrew
Yohanan Yohanan, Yochanan and Johanan are various transliterations to the Latin alphabet of the Hebrew male given name ('), a shortened form of ('), meaning "YHWH is gracious".
The name is ancient, recorded as the name of Johanan, high priest of the Sec ...
and is hence a cognate of the English
John
List of people with given name Jani
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Jani Allan
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Jani Beg
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Jani Christou
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Jani Hurme
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Jani Kautto
Jani Kautto (born October 25, 1989) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender. His is currently playing with Kiekko-Vantaa in the Finnish Mestis.
References
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1989 births
Living people
Finnish ice hockey goaltenders
Jokerit players
Ice hock ...
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Jani Lajunen
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Jani Lane
Jani Lane (born John Kennedy Oswald; February 1, 1964 – August 11, 2011) was an American singer and the lead vocalist, frontman, lyricist and main songwriter for the glam metal band Warrant. From Hollywood, California, the band experienced su ...
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Jani Liimatainen
Jani Allan Kristian Liimatainen (born 9 September 1980) is a Finnish musician, songwriter and backing vocalist, currently a member of melodic death metal band Insomnium. He is the former guitarist and one of the founding members of the power ...
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Jani Lyyski
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Jani Rita
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Jani Sievinen
Jani Nikanor Sievinen (; born 31 March 1974) is a former medley swimmer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Ol ...
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Jani Soininen
Jani Markus Soininen (born 12 November 1972) is a Finnish former ski jumper.
Career
He won two medals at the 1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), w ...
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Jani Stefanovic
Jani Stefanovic (born 23 May 1979) is a Swedish multi-instrumentalist that primarily plays Swedish death metal. Jani started playing around the age of 13–14 years old.
Personal life
Jani was born in Gothenburg, Sweden to a Finnish mother and ...
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Jani Sullanmaa
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Jani Virtanen
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Jani Vreto
See also
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Jāņi
References
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Given names
Finnish masculine given names