Janus (given name)

Janus is a masculine given name of Latin origin.

Janus is the Roman god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages and endings.

The name has also been used as a Latinisation of Jan or Johannes.

In January 2015, 1,305 Danes had the name Janus, according to Statistics Denmark.

[1] Notable people with the name include:

Janus Djurhuus on a Faroese stamp.