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Jānis Pujats (born 1930), Latvian Roman Catholic archbishop emeritus of Riga; Jānis Reinis (born 1960), Latvian stage and film actor; Jānis Rinkus (born 1977), Latvian footballer; Janis Rozentāls (1866–1916), Latvian painter; Jānis Rozītis (1913–1942), Latvian football forward; Jānis Rudzītis (1903–1967), Latvian wrestler and ...
Janis is a given name. Notable people with the name include: ... Janis Rozentāls (1866–1916), Latvian painter; Janis Tanaka (born 1963), American bassist;
Pages in category "Latvian feminine given names" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Agnese;
Latvian names, like in most European cultures, consist of two main elements: the given name (vārds) followed by family name (uzvārds).During the Soviet occupation (1940–1941; 1944–1991) the practice of giving a middle name (otrais vārds) was discouraged, but since the restoration of independence, Latvian legislation again allows the giving of up to two given names and it has become more ...
Andrew Smith (born 1992) - American-Latvian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League; Konstantīns Sokoļskis (1904–1991) – romance and tango singer; Ksenia Solo (born 1987) – Latvian-Canadian actress; Serge Sorokko (born 1954) – art dealer and publisher; Raimonds Staprans (born 1926) – Latvian-American painter
Jānis, a Latvian masculine given name; Byron Janis (born 1928), American concert pianist (no relation to Conrad Janis) Conrad Janis (1928–2022), American actor and jazz musician (no relation to Byron Janis) Dorothy Janis (1912 –2010), American silent film actress; Elsie Janis (1889–1956), American musical theatre and vaudeville performer
Some 83% of women who have a college degree or less changed their names after marriage, compared to 79% of those with a bachelor's degree—and at postgraduate degree level, this falls further to 68%.
The name stems from the pre-Christian Latvian name of Jānis and had been found in written sources as early as the 19th century. The name stems from the verb jāt 'to come/ride/go' as a reference to the passge of the seasons and the advance of the cosmic flow.