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 [ 2 syll. ja-nis, jan-is ] The girl name Janis is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced JHAENIHS KEY. Janis' origin is Hebrew, and its use, English. Janis is a form of the English Janice. Janis is also a form of the English Jane. Janis is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the height of its usage in 1947, 0.176% of baby girls were named Janis. It was #108 in rank then. The baby name has seen a marked drop in frequency since then, and is used only on a very modest scale today. Within the family of girl names directly related to Janis, the English Jane was the most widely used in 2008. Janis has in the last century been primarily given to girls. Baby names that sound like Janis include the English Jamese, the English Jamis, the English Jamise, the English Jancis, the English Janice, the English Janiece, the English Janise, the Czech, Hungarian, Polish, and German Janka, the Scandinavian Jannicke, the English Janyce, the English Jeancie, the Spanish Jemsa, the English Jenise, the Czech Jenka, the Korean Jin-Joo, the Japanese Junko, the English Jamaica, the English Jameka, the English James, and the English Jamesha. Details of famous persons named Janis: KEY: Pronunciation for Janis: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
