January is a
given name. It is derived from the name of the month, which comes from
Janus
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus ( ; la, Ianvs ) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces. The month of January is named for Janu ...
, a Roman god who stood for beginnings and transitions.
People
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January Jones (singer), an American pop singer née Jacqueline Allison
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January Jones
January Kristen Jones (born January 5, 1978) is an American actress and model. She played Betty Draper in ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015), for which she was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and a P ...
(born 1978), American actress
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January Suchodolski
January Suchodolski (; September 19, 1797 – March 20, 1875) was a Polish painter and Army officer, and a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts.
Life
Suchodolski was born in Grodno and was the brother of Rajnold Suchodolski. He joined the ...
(1797–1875), Polish artist
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January Thompson (born 1983), American singer
Fictional characters
*January, one of the main characters in Geoffrey Chaucer's "
The Merchant's Tale
"The Merchant's Tale" ( enm, The Marchantes Tale) is one of Geoffrey Chaucer's ''Canterbury Tales''. In it Chaucer subtly mocks antifeminist literature like that of Theophrastus ("Theofraste"). The tale also shows the influence of Boccaccio ( ...
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*January, an AI from the 2017 video game ''
Prey
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill the ...
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*January, the protagonist in Alix Harrow's ''
The Ten Thousand Doors of January''
*January, the protagonist in Emily Henry's ''
Beach Read''
See also
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January (surname) January is a surname. It is derived from the name of the month, which comes from Janus, a Roman god who stood for beginnings and transitions.
People
* Briann January (born 1987), American professional basketball player
* Don January (born 1929), Am ...
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January (disambiguation)
January is the first month of the year.
January may also refer to:
Literature
* ''January'' (novel), the first book in the Countdown series by Daniel Parker
* ''January'' (play), a 1974 play by Yordan Radichkov
*''January Magazine'', a book-revie ...
References
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