Jan
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Jan is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often as a form of Johanna or Jane.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13576707 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan Context triple: [Jan Kerouac, givenName, Jan]
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Jan
Jan is the given name of the Dutch mathematician and philosopher Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer, a founder of intuitionism in the foundations of mathematics.
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Jan
Jan is a fictional young soldier and one of the core members of DC Comics' World War II-era kid commando team, the Boy Commandos.
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Jan
Jan is the main character of the work "The Misunderstanding," around whom the story’s central conflicts and themes revolve.
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Jan
Jan is the Dutch given name of Jan Peter Balkenende, the former Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
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E.
Jan
Jan is an alternative romanization of the name Zhan, used to represent the same underlying name in different transliteration systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan Target entity description: Jan is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often as a form of Johanna or Jane.
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Jan
Jan is a common given name used in many countries, often as a variant of John or Johannes.
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Jan
Jan is a common Czech given name, equivalent to "John" in English.
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Jan
Jan is a common Dutch given name, often used as a masculine form of "John" and borne by many notable figures in the Netherlands and other Dutch-speaking regions.
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D.
Jan
Jan is a common Scandinavian given name, particularly prevalent in Sweden and Norway, typically used as a masculine first name.
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E.
Jan
Jan is an alternative romanization of the name Zhan, used to represent the same underlying name in different transliteration systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.