Janka
title: "Janka" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["surnames-derived-from-given-names"] topic_path: "general/surnames-derived-from-given-names" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janka" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Janka |
| gender | Male, Female |
| meaning | "God is merciful" |
| region | Germanic, Hungarian, Slovak |
| origin | Hebrew |
| related names | John, Johan, Jan |
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| name = Janka | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Male, Female | meaning ="God is merciful" | region =Germanic, Hungarian, Slovak | origin =Hebrew | related names = John, Johan, Jan
Janka is a given name or a surname. The name may be a diminuntive of the given name Jan (name). .Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Janka Tilleman, birth name of Jolie Gabor (1896–1997), Austro-Hungarian Countess de Szigethy, mother of Magda, Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor
- Ahmed Janka Nabay, Sierra Leonean musician
Surname
- Carlo Janka (born 1986), Swiss alpine ski racer
- Erika Jänkä (born 1995), Finnish biathlete
- Les Janka, American consultant
- Gabriel Janka (1864–1932), Austrian wood researcher
- Victor von Janka (1837–1900), Hungarian botanist
- Walter Janka (1914–1994), German publisher
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