// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Janek say when upset? "My name is Janek, but my mood is janek-tious".

Janek is a Polish and Czech masculine given name. In Czech, it originated as a diminutive of Jan. Notable people with the name include:

• Janek Ambros (born 1988), American-Polish filmmaker
• Janek Gwizdala (born 1978), English jazz bassist and record producer
• Janek Juzek, better known as John Juzek (1892 – c. 1965), Czech merchant
• Janek Kiisman (born 1972), Estonian footballer
• Janek Ledecký (born 1962), Czech singer, songwriter, guitarist and composer
• Janek Mäggi (born 1973), Estonian politician, television presenter and writer
• Janek Meet (born 1974), Estonian footballer
• Janek Mela (born 1988), Polish explorer, youngest person to reach the North Pole
• Janek Õiglane (born 1994), Estonian decathlete
• Janek Pawel Pietrzak (1984–2008), United States Marine Corps Sergeant
• Janek Schaefer (born 1970), English sound artist, composer and entertainer
• Janek Ratnatunga, Sri Lankan-Australian academic
• Janek Roos (born 1974), Danish badminton player
• Janek Rubeš (born 1987), Czech reporter, documentarist and director
• Janek Sarapson (1972–2026), Estonian actor
• Janek Schaefer (born 1970), British sound artist
• Janek Sirrs (born 1965), visual effects artist
• Janek Sternberg (born 1992), German footballer
• Janek Tombak (born 1976), Estonian road bicycle racer

See also

• All pages with titles containing Janek
• Zbyszek Godlewski (1952–1970), known under the fictional name Janek Wiśniewski in the poem Ballad of Janek Wiśniewski
• Janka
• Jonek