Janek
Janek is a male given name and family name .
Origin and use
In Polish it is a pure diminutive of the name Johannes (Polish Jan ); similar to the Breton pet form Yannick . In Estonian it occasionally appears as a separate first name. It is also used as a family name .
Name bearer
First name
- Janek Kiisman (* 1972), Estonian football player
- Janek Meet (* 1974), Estonian football player
- Janek Õiglane (* 1994), Estonian decathlete
- Janek Rieke (* 1971), German actor and director
- Janek Romero (* 1979), German director and screenwriter
- Janek Roos (* 1974), Danish badminton player
- Janek Sirrs (* 1965), American visual effects artist
- Janek Sternberg (* 1992), German soccer player
- Janek Szlajfaztajn (* 1941), Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor
- Janek Tombak (* 1976), Estonian racing cyclist
family name
- Klaus Janek (* 1969), Italian double bass player and composer
- Jürgen Janek (* 1964), German physical chemist and university professor