Janson (name) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Word/nameScandinavianMeaning"son of Jan"Variant formsJansson, Jenson, Jansons/JansoneJansonOriginWord/nameScandinavianMeaning"son of Jan"Other namesVariant formsJansson, Jenson, Jansons/Jansone Janson is a Scandinavian patronymic surname, meaning "son of Jan", derived from Johannes. There are alternate Belgian, Dutch, Danish, Latvian, Norwegian and Swedish spellings. Fictional Janson (surname) Paul Janson, the protagonist of The Janson Directive, a novel by Robert Ludlum Wes Janson, an X-Wing pilot in Rogue Squadron in the Star Wars movies and expanded universe novels Given name While Janson is uncommon as a given name, notable people with this first name include: Janson Junk (born 1996), American baseball player Janson van Keulen (1593–1661), variant name of Cornelius Johnson, English portrait painter See also Jansons (surname) Jansson Jenson (name) All pages with titles beginning with Janson All pages with titles containing Janson Surname listThis page lists people with the surname Janson. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link. Related Articles