''Japie'' is a South African male first name, of
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Argentina where there is a group in Sarmiento, Chubut, Sarmiento that speaks the Pat ...
origin, often found as a familiar or shortened form of the names
Johannes
Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as " John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Y ...
and
Jacobus.
The name may be occasionally used as an
ethnic slur
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for
Afrikaners
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, in which instance it is also spelt according to English orthography: ''yarpie''. This comes from the Afrikaans term ''plaasjapie'', meaning "farm boy".
It may or may not be an offensive term depending upon intent and context of use.
The name Japie may refer to:
People
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Japie Laubscher (1919–1981), South African musician
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Japie Louw (1867–1936), South African rugby player
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Japie Motale (born 1979), South African football player
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Japie Mulder (born 1969), South African rugby player
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Japie Nel (born 1982), South African rugby player
See also
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Jacobus (name) Jacobus is a masculine first name, which is a variant of Jacob, Jack and James. The name may refer to:
First name
*Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609), Dutch theologian
* Jacobus de Baen (1673–1700), Dutch portrait painter
* Jacobus Barbireau (145 ...
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Johannes
Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as " John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Y ...
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Pejorative terms for white people
Class-related slurs
Stereotypes of rural people
English-language masculine given names
Masculine given names
Afrikaans-language masculine given names