# January (given name)

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**January** is a [given name](/source/Given_name). It is derived from the name of the month [January](/source/January), which comes from [Janus](/source/Janus), a Roman god who stood for beginnings and transitions.[1]

## People

- [January Jones (singer)](/source/January_Jones_(singer)), an American pop singer née Jacqueline Allison
- [January Jones](/source/January_Jones) (born 1978), American actress
- [January Suchodolski](/source/January_Suchodolski) (1797–1875), Polish artist
- [January Thompson](/source/January_Thompson) (born 1983), American singer

## Fictional characters

- January, one of the main characters in Geoffrey Chaucer's "[The Merchant's Tale](/source/The_Merchant's_Tale)"
- January, an AI from the 2017 video game *[Prey](/source/Prey_(2017_video_game))*
- January, the protagonist in Alix Harrow's *[The Ten Thousand Doors of January](/source/The_Ten_Thousand_Doors_of_January)*
- January, the protagonist in Emily Henry's *[Beach Read](/source/Beach_Read)*

## See also

- [January (surname)](/source/January_(surname))
- [January (disambiguation)](/source/January_(disambiguation))

## References

1. Littleton, C. Scott (2005). [*Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology: Inca-Mercury*](https://books.google.com/books?id=u27FpnXoyJQC&pg=PA770). Vol. 6. Marshall Cavendish. p. 770. ISBN 9780761475651.

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