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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 Linda (J.L.), ..
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, 2018)
Which version is better?
Joanna (#212 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Jane (#291), Janelle (#582), Janessa (#978), Jana (#984), Janae (#1193), Janet (#1412), Janice (#1433), Janie (#1691), Juana (#1692), Joan (#1727), Janise, Joana, Johnna, Jeni, Jeanne, Jeanie, Jean, Jayne, Joni, Jayna, Janney, Janna, Gene, Janis, Janine, Janina, Jaina, 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 (#1754, DOWN 94%), with versions such as Jana going out of style.
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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