Janez (given name)

{{Expand Slovene|Janez|date=March 2011}}

{{Infobox given name

|name = Janez

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|pronunciation= {{IPA|sl|ˈjaːnɛs}}

|gender = Male

|meaning = John

|region = Slovenia

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|related names = Ján, Janež, Janša; Johannes, Johann, Johan; John

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Janez is a Slovene form of the given name John.Keber, Janez. 1988. Leksikon imen. Izvor imen na Slovenskem. Celje: Mohorjeva družba, pp. 213–216.

• Janez Burger (born 1965), film director
• Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008), second president of Slovenia
• Janez Drozg (1933–2005), film director
• Janez Istenič, footballer
• Janez Janež (1913–1990), expatriate surgeon
• Janez Janša (born 1958), fifth prime minister of Slovenia
• Janez Lapajne (born 1967), film director
• Janez Lenarčič (born 1967), diplomat
• Janez Matičič (1926–2022), composer and pianist
• Janez Semrajč (born 1989), tennis player
• Janez Vajkard Valvasor (1641–1693) Slovene name of Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, scholar and polymath