Jiani

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

Jiani by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Jiani

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

  • Jiayiauspicious righteousness or similar virtue22 in the US (2017)
  • Janiwoman; a form of Janani10 in the US (2017)
  • Jiaqiauspicious and outstanding6 in the US (2017)
  • Jiana12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jianni25 in the US (2017)
  • Jlani5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jiani

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

  • Giannygod is gracious; a form of Gianni19 in the US (2017)
  • GianiGod is gracious; form of Gianni14 in the US (2017)
  • Gianniegod is gracious; form of gianni9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jiani

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