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Janine - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Janine

[ 2 syll. ja-ni-ne, jan-ine ] The girl name Janine is pronounced as JHahNIYN KEY. Janine is used predominantly in the English, French, and German languages, and its origin is Hebrew.

Janine is a pet form (English) of the name Jean (English and Scottish).

Janine is also a variant (English, French, and German) of the name Jane (English).

Janine is also a variant (English) of the name Jeanine (English and French). Jannine (French and German variant spelling) is a form of Janine. See also the related form, Jeannine (French and English).

Janine is an uncommon baby name for girls. At the modest height of its usage in 1965, 0.074% of baby girls were given the name Janine. Its ranking then was #232. The baby name has since experienced a steep loss in popularity, and is currently of irregular use. In 2008, within the group of girl names directly linked to Janine, Jane (English) was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Janine include Jeanine (English and French), 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), Janay (English), and Janean (English).

KEY: Pronunciation for Janine: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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