Janea
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Janea by the numbers
Janea was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 76 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Janea
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 Janea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Janegod is gracious; a form of jeanne1,148 in the US (2017)
- JanaGod is gracious; form of Jane or Jeana54 in England and Wales (2025)
- JanetGod is gracious; form of Jeannette from Jean169 in the US (2017)
- Jannagod is gracious; a form of Johanna90 in the US (2017)
- JaniaGod is gracious; a form of Jane or Jeanie34 in the US (2017)
- Janelgod is gracious; form of jane32 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Janea
Names that are said the same way as Janea, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Janea
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