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Subject: I think you meant Jovan, not Javan...
Author: Miranda   (Authenticated as Randee15)
Date: March 31, 2005 at 12:59:59 PM
Reply to: Re: odd middle name i have by Janet
Because Javan means "Greece" in Hebrew. (Yes, the country Greece.)

Jovan and Jovana are the Serbian and masculine and feminine forms of John, yes. Jovan is also Macedonian.


Miranda
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