jdan

Jdan is a proper name that appears sporadically in English-language sources. It is most often encountered as a transliteration variant of East Slavic surname forms such as Ждан, rather than as a distinct, widely used given name or title. Because transliteration practices vary, Jdan does not have a single canonical spelling or meaning.

In Cyrillic contexts, the common transliteration of Ждан is Zhdan, but alternative renderings such as Jdan have been used, particularly in diaspora communities or older records that employed nonstandard romanization. The mapping between Cyrillic letters and Latin spellings can produce J for sounds that are rendered differently in standard transliterations. The surname Ждан also appears in Russian and Ukrainian lineages, and related surnames include Zhdan and Zhdanov, depending on historical suffixing patterns.

As a surname, Jdan remains uncommon in publicly available databases and did not yield widely recognized individuals bearing the exact spelling in contemporary reference works. The given-name usage is even rarer, and the form can be conflated with similar names such as Idan (a Hebrew given name) or Jadan, which are etymologically and culturally distinct. Because of its rarity, reliable biographical information specific to the spelling Jdan is limited.

See also Idan, Jadan, Zhdan for related names and transliteration variants.