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What does Janey mean?
Janey 
as a girls' name is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of the name Janey is "God is gracious". Janey is an alternate spelling of Jane (Hebrew): originally a feminine version of John.
STARTS WITH Jan-
ASSOCIATED WITH gracious
Variations
VARIANTS Jonie, Joni▼, Johnna, Joanna▲, Joana▼, Jinna, Jenie, Jeni, Jeanie▼, Jayna, Jany, Janny, Janney, Janna▼, Janie▼, Jania, Janee, Janaye, Janae, Jana▼
RELATIONS VIA JANE Gene▼, Jaina, Jaine, Jainee, Jan▼, Jandy, Janean, Janeane, Janeen, Janel▼, Janela, Janelba, Janella, Janelle, Janene, Janessa, Janet▼, Janeta, Janeth, Janetta, Janette▼, Janica, Janice▼, Janina, Janine▼, Janis▼, Janise, Janit, Janka, Jannel, Jayne▼, Jaynell, Jayni, Jaynie, Jean▼, Jeanne▼, Jenda, Joan▼, Juana, Vania, Vanya
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Janes, ..
(male) Jafer, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Janey Jayden (J.J.), ..
How popular is Janey?
Janey is a very popular first name for women (#1978 out of 4276, Top 46%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#34599 out of 150436, Top 23%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Janey reached its apex position of #948 in the U.S. in the 1940s, but is not in the list at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2016)
Which version is better?
Joanna (#248 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Jane (#279), Janelle (#475), Janessa (#891), Jana (#917), Janae (#1071), Janice (#1406), Janet (#1421), Janie (#1457), Juana (#1738), Joan (#1830), Jaina (#1844), Janna, Joana, Johnna, Jeni, Jeanne, Jeanie, Jean, Jayne, Joni, Jayna, Janney, Gene, Janise, Janis, Janine, Janina, Jania, Janette, Janetta, Janeth, Janene, Janel, Janeen, Janee, Janean, Jan and Vania are the prominent varying forms of Janey. Usage of these relations of Janey was widespread in the 1930s (AVERAGE #1272) and is now much less (#1739, DOWN 95%), with versions such as Jeanne going out of style. Joanna is the most contemporarily stylish birth name in this list.
Similar Names
Janey is pronounced similarly to Genny, Janaea, Janaeh, Janay, Janea, Jannae, Jannie▼, Janowa, Jeana, Jeanae, Jeanay, Jenae, Jenay, Jenee, Jennee, Jenney, Jinae, Jinee, Jinia, Jinny, Jonay, Jonee, Jonna, Junia and Juno. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bianey, Cadey, Casey▼, Chaney, Dabney, Daney, Fanney, Jacey, Jacy, Jade▲, Jadee, Jaden▼, Jady, Jae, Jahnel, Jaimey, Jaimy, Jamee, Jamei, James▼, Jamey, Janell▼, Janely, Janess, Janett, Janiel, Jann, Janne, Jeane, Jency, Joane, Jobey, Jodey, Jone, Jonet, Jorey, Juley, June▼, Kaley▼, Lacey▼, Lainey▲, Laney, Macey, Rainey, Reney, Shaney, Tacey, Taney, Toney and Yancey. These names tend to be less commonly used than Janey.
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