if your name was to be 'jan'

[kobayashi]

are you more likely to be male or female?

 

[Bonochick]

I would guess female, but that answer seems to obvious to have a thread started...

Is there something you'd like to share with us, kobe???

 

[kobayashi]

jan can be a male name can it?

i'm applying for a super-cool job with foreign affairs and international trade. i don't want the cover letter to start with the wrong sex!

if jan isn't a normal male name than i guess i've no reason to be concerned. i could swear i've met males named 'jan' though.

 

[Giant Lemon]

Well, I'd say female if Jan is pronounced as rhyming with jam. If it's pronounced like "yahn" I'd say the person's male.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

If it's pronounced like "yahn" I'd say the person's male.

didn't the dude who wrote the miami vice theme song have the name jan? like jan hammer or something?

 

[BrattyIrishPunk]

I was almost named "Billie" after my grandfather whos name was well.. Bill..

I think my mom is

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

....then they'd be my mother.

 

[Sicy]

I come across this situation at work all the time.. not knowing if the person is male or female so I just leave off the "Mr." or "Mrs."

 

[ABEL]

The first guy I thought of who's name is Jan, is the actor Jan Michael Vincent. So to answer the question, yes Jan can be a man's name, although I belive it is most commonly a womans' name.

 

[Calluna]

If it is a man's name then it should be pronounced "Yon" if they are pronouncing it the way it is spelled it is only the americanized version.

 

[Screaming Flower]

maybe you should ask the pail man. maybe the pail man's name is jan.

kobe is going to be the next 007.

 

[ABEL]

Jan Michael Vincent is pronounced Jan, not "Yon"

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

Jan Michel Gambill (tennis player)

I think it's pronounced 'Yahn"

He's a guy (and a good-looking one at that).

I have "Jan" in my name....I'm a female. Do I count?

 

[Salome]

didn't the dude who wrote the miami vice theme song have the name jan? like jan hammer or something?

definately

Jan is a very common name for guys in dutch and german speaking countries

 

[ABEL]

sorry, I couldn't resist

 

[Popmartijn]

jan can be a male name can it?

i'm applying for a super-cool job with foreign affairs and international trade. i don't want the cover letter to start with the wrong sex!

if jan isn't a normal male name than i guess i've no reason to be concerned. i could swear i've met males named 'jan' though.

Kobayashi, if the person you are addressing your letter to is foreign then I'm 90% sure that person is male. As Salome said, in Dutch and German speaking countries Jan is a very common name (as the foreign equivalent of John). However, if the person is not Dutch/German, then you have to check it out before.

C ya!

Marty

 

[ZooEuropa]

I think Jan can be either male or female

 

[ghetofabu]

sorry, I couldn't resist

I am surprised it went though that many posts before some one did do it.

 

[coolhandlaura]

ID GUESS FEMALE

 

[adamswildhoney]

It could be either!

 

[ghetofabu]

has a really cool sig.

 

[Screaming Flower]

ghetogene exactly which thread do you think you're posting in?

 

[Laura M]

ghetogene exactly which thread do you think you're posting in?

 

[ghetofabu]

Fecking crack pipes. I gotta get off the smack.