Janik

Janik or Janík is a male given name and family name .

Origin and meaning

The name is a common male given name in the Sorbian, Polish or Slovak language as a derivation of the nickname Jan , a West Slavonic form of Johannes . In Czech the name is written as Janík. The diminutive suffix -ik is added to the name Jan. As a patronymic , the name is particularly widespread in the German-Polish region.

variants

For more similar names see under Yannick .

Name bearer

First name

Janik Bachmann (* 1996), German soccer player
Janik Haberer (* 1994), German soccer player
Janik Jesgarzewski (* 1994), German soccer player
Janik Mäder (* 1996), German soccer player

family name

Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik (* 1950), German Lieutenant General
Allan Janik (* 1941), Austrian philosophy professor and writer
Czesław Janik , Polish ski jumper
Daniel Janik (* 1975), German object artist, photographer and installation artist
Dieter Janik (* 1939), German Romance studies and university lecturer
Doug Janik (* 1980), American ice hockey player
Emil Janik (1906–1981), German priest
Ewa Maria Janik (* 1948), Polish politician
Florian Janik (* 1980), German politician (SPD)
Grzegorz Janik (* 1965), Polish politician
Heiner Janik (1946–2015), German politician
Igor Janik (athlete) (born 1983), Polish athlete
Igor Janik (chess player) (* 2000), Polish chess player
Krzysztof Janik (* 1950), Polish politician and political scientist
Marianne Janik (* 1965), German-French lawyer and manager
Patrick Janik (* 1976), German politician (UWG), Mayor of Starnberg
Tom Janik (1940–2009), American football player
Werner Janik (1920–2003), German-Polish soccer goalkeeper
Zdeněk Janík (* 1923), Czech poet