Origin* As a southern English surname, variant of Jane; compare Jayne.
* As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, from Janeš, variant of Janež, ultimately a derivative of Latin Johannes (English John). Also from the noun janež (“anise”). Compare Yanes.
* As a Czech surname, from Janeš, a pet form of the name Jan (and thus also related to Latin Johannes).
- form-of, pluralplural of jane
- form-of, pluralplural of Jane
- A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.