Janila
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Janila by the numbers
Janila was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Janila
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 Janila. 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)
- Jamilabeautiful111 in the US (2017)
- JaniaGod is gracious; a form of Jane or Jeanie34 in the US (2017)
- Janinagod is gracious; a form of jeannine or janine6 in England and Wales (2025)
- JanikaGod is gracious; feminine form of Janek8 in the US (2017)
- Janicagod is gracious; feminine diminutive of john6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Janila
Names that are said the same way as Janila, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Janila
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