Janaiya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Janaiya by the numbers

Janaiya was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 54 babies in 2007, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Janaiya

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 Janaiya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • JaniyaGod is gracious; a form of Jane184 in the US (2017)
  • Janaya15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jalaiya12 in the US (2017)
  • Janaiyah7 in the US (2017)
  • JaniaGod is gracious; a form of Jane or Jeanie34 in the US (2017)
  • Janinagod is gracious; a form of jeannine or janine6 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Janaiya

Names that are said the same way as Janaiya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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