Janye

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Janye by the numbers

Janye was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Janye

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 Janye. 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)
  • Janaegod is gracious; a modern spelling of Jane214 in the US (2017)
  • Janiegod is gracious; diminutive of Jane129 in the US (2017)
  • Jayejaybird; a form of Jay23 in the US (2017)
  • Janeegod is gracious7 in the US (2017)
  • Janya25 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Janye

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

  • Janniegod is gracious; a form of Jane or Jeanne13 in the US (2017)
  • Janiwoman; a form of Janani10 in the US (2017)
  • Jainiof or relating to jainism; follower of jainism5 in the US (2017)
  • Jaynie19 in the US (2017)
  • Jahni7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Janye

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