Janay
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.
Janay by the numbers
Janay was given to 30 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 596 babies in 1987, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Janay
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 Janay. 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)
- Janeygod is gracious; form of jane32 in the US (2017)
- Jananbeloved or sweetheart3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Janai63 in the US (2017)
- Janaya15 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Janay
Names that are said the same way as Janay, 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)
- Janea12 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Janay
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