Janelys

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Janelys by the numbers

Janelys was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Janelys

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

  • Janelygod is gracious; a modern respelling of Janet or Janey54 in the US (2017)
  • Janelis8 in the US (2017)
  • Janellegod is gracious; feminine form of Jan or John617 in the US (2017)
  • Jacelyngod is gracious; a form of Jacqueline78 in the US (2017)
  • Janelgod is gracious; form of jane32 in the US (2017)
  • Janeygod is gracious; form of jane32 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Janelys

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