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What does Janel mean?
Janel 
▼ as a girls' name is of Hebrew origin, and the name Janel means "God is gracious". Janel is a version of Jane (Hebrew): originally a feminine variation of John. Janel is also a form of Janelle.
STARTS WITH Jan-
ASSOCIATED WITH gracious
Variations
VARIANTS Jonelle, Johnelle, Jinelle, Jenelle▼, Jenell, Jeanelle, Jannelle, Jannel, Janielle, Janell▼
RELATED FORMS VIA JANE, JANELLE Gene▼, Jaina, Jaine, Jainee, Jan▼, Jana▼, Janae, Janaye, Jandy, Janean, Janeane, Janee, Janeen▼, Janela, Janelba, Janella, Janellie, Janely, Janene, Janessa, Janet▼, Janeta, Janeth, Janetta, Janette▼, Janey, Jania▼, Janica, Janice▼, Janie▼, Janiella, Janina, Janine▼, Janis▼, Janise, Janit, Janka, Janna▼, Janney▼, Janny, Jany, Jayna, Jayne▼, Jaynell, Jayni, Jaynie, Jean▼, Jeanie▼, Jeanne▼, Jenda, Jenella, Jeni, Jenie, Jinella, Jinna, Joan▼, Joana▼, Joanna, Jonella, Joni▼, Jonie, Juana, Vania, Vanya
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Jaenel, ..
(male) Jave, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Janel Waverly (J.W.), ..
How popular is Janel?
Janel is a very popular first name for females (#1136 out of 4276, Top 27%) but a unique surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Janel entered the list in 1940-1949 and reached its highest rank of #509 in the U.S. during 1970-1979, but is not in the Top 1000 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Janel listed in the Top 2000 are Joanna (#212 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Jane (#291), Janelle (#582), Janessa (#978), Jana (#984), Janae (#1193), Janet (#1412), Janice (#1433), Janie (#1691), Juana (#1692), Joan (#1727), Jeanie, Janney, Jayna, Jayne, Jean, Jeni, Jeanne, Jenell, Jenelle, Janise, Joana, Jonelle, Joni, Janna, Gene, Janis, Janely, Jan, Janean, Janee, Janeen, Janell, Janene, Janine, Janeth, Janetta, Janette, Janey, Jania, Jaina, Janina and Vania. These forms of Janel were favored as birth names during 1930-1939 (USAGE OF 4.6%) and are now much less common (USAGE 0.3%, DOWN 94.1%).
Similar Names
Janel▼ is alike in pronunciation to Jaenelle, Janiel, Jeannell, Jenneil, Johnel, Jonel, Jonell, Junel and Junelle. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Batel, Carel, Chanel, Dael, Darel, Gael, Gayel, Hazel▼, Jacee, Jacey, Jade▲, Jadee, Jaden▼, Jae, Jael▲, Jahnel, Jahnell (see Johnella), Jalea, Jamee, Jamei, Jamela, James▼, Jamey, Janaea, Janaeh, Janah, Janai, Janay▼, Jances, Janea, Janess, Janett, Janeva, Jann, Janne, Jannet, Janot, Jaral, Jaye, Jayel, Jayil, Jeane▼, Jeanee, Jenee, Jewel▼, Jinee, Joane, Jone, Jonee, Jonet, June▼, Karel, Lael, Mabel▼, Madel, Rahel, Rakel, Shanel, Sonel and Sunel. These names tend to be less commonly used than Janel.
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