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What does Janessa mean?
Janessa 
as a girls' name is pronounced ja-NESS-ah. It is of American origin. Blend of Jan or Jane and Vanessa. See also Ja-. Also form of Janice. Also form of Jenessa.
ASSOCIATED WITH blend
Variations
VARIANTS Janesse, Janissa, Jannessa
RELATED FORMS VIA JA-, JAN, JANE, VANESSA Jakeisha, Jakisha, Jalea, Jaleesa▼, Jaleese, Jalena, Jalessa, Jalisa▼, Jalissa, Jameisha, Jameka, Jamesha, Jamiesha, Jamisha, Jana▼, Janean, Janeane, Janecia, Janeczka, Janee, Janeen▼, Janeesa, Janeese, Janel▼, Janela, Janelba, Janella, Janelle, Janene, Janerita, Janet▼, Janeta, Janeth, Janetta, Janette▼, Janey, Jania▼, Janica, Janika, Janina, Janis▼, Janise, Janisha, Janka, Janna▼, Janora, Jenella, Jenessa, Jess, Jonella, Nessa, Vanassa, Vaneeta, Vanesa▼, Vanesha, Vaneshia, Vanesia, Vanesse, Vanessia, Vanetta, Vaneza, Vaniessa, Vanisa, Vanissa, Vannesa, Vannessa, Varnessa, Venesa, Venesha, Venessa▼, Venesse, Venessea, Vennessa, Vinesha, Vinessa, Vonessa, Vonesse, Vonnessa
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Janessa Fern (J.F.), ..
How popular is Janessa?
Janessa is a somewhat popular first name for women (#2298 out of 4276, Top 54%) but a rare last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Janessa entered the list in 1980-1989 and reached its apex position of #524 in the U.S. in 2004, and is at #978 currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Vanessa (#230 VIA LATEST LIST), Jane (#291), Janelle (#582), Jana (#984), Janet (#1412), Janice (#1433), Janis, Jania, Janina, Janna, Janise, Janette, Jenessa, Jess, Vanesa, Vannessa, Janey, Jaleesa, Janetta, Janeth, Jalessa, Janene, Janel, Janeen, Janee, Janean, Jan, Jamesha, Jameka, Jalissa, Jalisa and Venessa are the popular variation forms of Janessa (#978). Other forms, like Vinessa, are uncommon. These relations of Janessa were favored as baby names 78 years ago (MEDIAN #1434) and are now significantly less common (#1754, 91% LESS USAGE).
Similar Names
Janessa is alike in pronunciation to Genessa, Gianessa, Janeesa, Janessia, Jenessa, Jennessa, Jinessa, Jonessa and Jonisa. Other recommended sound-alike names are Anessa, Arnessa, Caressa, Danessa, Inessa, Jaleesa▼, Jaleisa, Jalessa, Jalissa, Jameisha, Jameka, James▼, Jamese, Jamesha, Jamiesha, Jamisha, Janais, Jancess, Janea, Janecia, Janeczka, Janeece, Janeese, Janela, Janelba, Janella, Janess, Janeta, Janetta, Janeva, Janevra (see Geneva), Janica, Janicia, Janika, Janis▼, Janise, Janisha, Janiss (see Janice), Janka, Jannis, Jemsa, Jeressa, Jessa, Juanisha, Karessa, Katessa, Lanesha, Lanessa, Lynessa, Maressa, Ranessa, Shanessa, Tanesha▼, Vanassa, Vanesa▼, Vanesha, Vanesia, Vanesse, Vanessia, Vaniessa (see Vanessa), Vanissa, Vannessa, Varnessa, Venessa▼, Vinessa and Vonessa (see Vanessa). These names tend to be less commonly used than Janessa.
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