Janak - Meaning of Janak

What does Janak mean?

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Janak

[ 2 syll. ja-nak, jan-ak ] The baby boy name Janak is pronounced YaaNAH-K †. Janak is of Sanskrit origin and it is predominantly used in the Indian language. The meaning of the name is 'Janaka's descendant'.

Janak is a variant of Jan.

See also the related categories, descendant (heir) and sanskrit.

Janak is an irregularly used baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Janak include Janco (Dutch and Czech), Janek (Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, and Czech), Janik (Breton, Czech, French, and Polish), Janje (Dutch), Janko (Polish, Slavic, Dutch, and Hungarian), Jannes (Dutch, Frisian, and German), Janosch (German and Hungarian), Janusz (Polish), Januus, János (Hungarian), Jedrzej (Polish), Jonas (Lithuanian, English, French, German, Greek, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Ewyng, Unikah, Yamqui, Yana, Yancee, Yancey (English), Yanci, and Yancie.

† English pronunciation for Janak: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"