Janeya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Janeya by the numbers

Janeya was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2007, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Janeya

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

  • JaniyaGod is gracious; a form of Jane184 in the US (2017)
  • Janeygod is gracious; form of jane32 in the US (2017)
  • Janaya15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Janya25 in the US (2017)
  • Janeva14 in the US (2017)
  • Janea12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Janeya

Names that are said the same way as Janeya, 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 Janeya

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