Janai
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 63 babies a year in the US.
Janai by the numbers
Janai was given to 63 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 113 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Janai
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Janai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- JanaGod is gracious; form of Jane or Jeana54 in England and Wales (2025)
- Janaegod is gracious; a modern spelling of Jane214 in the US (2017)
- Janvidaughter of the river yamuna9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jananimother10 in the US (2017)
- Janiwoman; a form of Janani10 in the US (2017)
- Janakidaughter of janaka; a form of janaki or the goddess sita9 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Janai
Names that are said the same way as Janai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jannahgarden, paradise84 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jannagod is gracious; a form of Johanna90 in the US (2017)
- Jainarelating to Jainism; victorious86 in the US (2017)
- JaynaGod is gracious; a spelling variant of Jane54 in the US (2017)
- Jaanavariant of jeana or jana, god is gracious7 in the US (2017)
- Janay30 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Janai
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