Janaki
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning daughter of janaka; a form of janaki or the goddess sita.
Janaki by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Janaki. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 1981, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Janaki. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Janaki, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
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