Janelli

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Janelli by the numbers

Janelli was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Janelli

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

  • Janellegod is gracious; feminine form of Jan or John617 in the US (2017)
  • Janellagod is gracious; a form of Janelle or Jane4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Janelly71 in the US (2017)
  • Janell36 in the US (2017)
  • Janeli15 in the US (2017)
  • Janellie9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Janelli

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

  • Janelygod is gracious; a modern respelling of Janet or Janey54 in the US (2017)
  • Jannely8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Janelli

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