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An excerpt from www.HouseOfNames.com archives copyright © 2000 - 2012

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Where did the German Jahn family come from? What is the German Jahn family crest and coat of arms? When did the Jahn family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Jahn family history?

The German surname Jahn is derived from the popular first name "Johann," and simply means "son of Johann."

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Janke, Jahnke, Jancke, Jahncke, Jahn, Jahnicke, Janisch, Jahnich and many more.

First found in Plauen, in the eastern part of Saxony, where Johannes Jahn, the first recorded bearer of the name, was living in 1475.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Jahn research. Another 180 words(13 lines of text) covering the years 1475, 1591, 1609, 1641, 1663, 1724, 1763, 1778, and 1852 are included under the topic Early Jahn History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 63 words(4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Jahn Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Jahn Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Johannes Jahn, who landed in Philadelphia, Pa in 1749
  • Joachim Jahn, who arrived in America in 1777

Jahn Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Dorothea Jahn, aged 32, landed in America in 1843
  • Friedrich Jahn, aged 9, arrived in New Orleans, La in 1845
  • Hermann Jahn, who landed in Texas in 1845
  • Anna Dorothea Geiss Jahn, who landed in Brazil in 1845
  • Joseph Jahn, aged 31, arrived in Brazil in 1845


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  • Helmut Jahn (b. 1940), German-American architect
  • Joseph Michael Jahn (b. 1943), American author and critic
  • Jeff Jahn (b. 1970), American curator, art critic, artist, historian, blogger and composer
  • Arthur Charles Jahn (1895-1948), American outfielder in Major League Baseball
  • Ryan David Jahn, American novelist and screenwriter
  • Helmut Jahn (b. 1940), architect born in Nuremberg, Germany who immigrated to America and began to work at C. F. Murphy Associates in Chicago, a company that later became Murphy/Jahn
  • Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852), German gymnastics educator and nationalist
  • Gunter Jahn (1910-1992), German U-boat commander
  • Otto Jahn (1813-1869), German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music
  • Johann Jahn (1750-1816), German Orientalist

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  2. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
  3. Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
  4. Zoder, Rudolf. Familiennamen in Ostfalen. Hildesheim: Geog Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1968. Print.
  5. Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 2000. Print. (ISBN 978-0806303024).
  6. Siebmacher, J.J. Siebmacher's Grosses Wappenbuch 35 Volumes. Germany: Bauer & Raspe. Print.
  7. Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
  8. Bahlow, Hans (Edda Gentry trns). Dictionary of German Names . Madison, Wisconsin: Max Kade Institute, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-924119-35-7).
  9. Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Illustrations to the Armorial general by J. B. Rietstap 6 volumes in 3. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1976. Print.
  10. Karlsruhe. Badisches Generallandesarchiv Baden Emigration lists 1866-1911. Salt Lake City: Microfilm of Card Index by the Genealogical Society of Utah. Print.
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The Jahn Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Jahn Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 23 May 2012 at 21:29.

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