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Janay - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Janay

[ syll. ja-nay, jan-ay ] The girl name Janay is pronounced as JHaaN-EY KEY. Janay is used chiefly in English and its origin is Hebrew. Janay is a variant of the name Jane (English).

Janay is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1987, 0.032% of baby girls were named Janay. It had a ranking of #388 then. The baby name has seen a substantial loss in popularity since then, and is today of infrequent use. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Janay, Jane (English) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Janay include Jacqueine (English), Jahan (Iranian), Jahna (English), Jaimie (English), Jama (English and Polish), Jamay (English), Jame (English), Jamey (English), Jami (English), Jamie (English), Jamii (English), Jammie (English), Jamy (English), Jamye (English), Jana (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Slavic, and Latvian), Janae (English), Janan (Arabic), Janean (English), Janeane (English), and Janeen (English).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Janay: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"


 
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