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Janisa - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Janisa

[ syll. ja-ni-sa, jan-isa ] The girl name Janisa is pronounced JHAENahZah KEY. Janisa's language of origin is Hebrew and it is used largely in the English language. Janisa is a variant form of the English Jane.

Janisa is unusual as a baby name for girls. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of girl names directly linked to Janisa, the English Jane was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Janisa include the English Jamaica, the English Jameka, the English Jamesha, the English Jameshia, the English Jamesia, the English Jamessa, the English Jamika, the Indian Janaki, the English Janeka, the Polish Janeska, the English Janessa, the Czech Janica, the Scandinavian Jannike, the Slavic Jasminka, the English Jenasys, the English and Romanian Jenica, the English Jennica, the Polish and English Joanka, the Czech and English Johanka, and the Dutch Johanneke.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Janisa: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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