Janayah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
30
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Janayah by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Janayah. In the US, 30 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 51 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Janayah

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

Sounds like Janayah

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

  • Janaegod is gracious; a modern spelling of Jane214 in the US (2017)
  • Janiahgarden, paradise; a form of Jannah109 in the US (2017)
  • Jayannagod is gracious; a form of Johanna44 in the US (2017)
  • JaniaGod is gracious; a form of Jane or Jeanie34 in the US (2017)
  • Jahannagod is gracious; a form of Johanna5 in the US (2017)
  • Jayana39 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Janayah

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