Jaz

Alternative forms

• Jas

Proper noun

Jaz

1. A diminutive of the female given name Jasmine, Janet, or Janette.
   • 1995 Shena Mackay, The Orchard on Fire, Heinemann (1996), →ISBN, page 5:

     I know, from picking up the post from the hall in the mornings, that Jaz has a mother in Northumbria who thinks her daughter's name is Janette. That jaunty z is but a wedge of lemon stuck into a bottle of beer.

Etymology

From Polish jaz (“weir”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jas/

Proper noun

Jaz m pers, f

1. A masculine surname​.
2. A feminine surname​.