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 [ 2 syll. ja-nis, jan-is ] The boy name Janis is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is JHAENIHS KEY. Janis is largely used in the Latvian and Lithuanian languages, and its origin is Hebrew. Janis is a variant of the name John (English). Janis is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Janis, John (English) was the most commonly used in 2008. Janis has in the past century been mostly given to girls. Baby names that sound like Janis include Jannis (Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, and Scandinavian), Janco (Czech), Jancsi (Hungarian), Janesh (Indian), Janez (Slavic), Janic (Breton and French), Janick (Breton and French), Janko (Polish, Slavic, and Hungarian), Jankó (Hungarian), Jannic (Breton and French), Jannick (Breton, French, and Scandinavian), Jannik (Breton, French, and Scandinavian), Janos (Hungarian), Janós (Hungarian), Janus (English and German), Jaymes (English), János (Hungarian), Jenci (Hungarian), Jennings (English), and Jensi (Hungarian). KEY: English 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)"   |
