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Janie - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Janie

[ 2 syll. ja-nie, jan-ie ] The girl name Janie is pronounced JHEYNiy KEY. Janie has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in English. Janie is a pet form of Jane (English).

Janie is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1901, 0.109% of baby girls were named Janie. It was #163 in rank then. The baby name has suffered a substantial decline in popularity since then, and is currently of only very light use. In 2008, out of the family of girl names directly related to Janie, Jane (English) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Janie include Janey (English), Jayney (English), Jayni (English), Jaynie (English), 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), and Janae (English).

KEY: Pronunciation for Janie: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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in 2008