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What does Jania mean?
Jania 
▼ as a girls' name has its root in Hebrew, and the meaning of the name Jania is "God is gracious". Jania is a variant form of Jane (Hebrew): originally a feminine variation of John.
ASSOCIATED WITH gracious
Variations
VARIANTS Jonie, Joni▼, Johnna▼, Joanna, Joana▼, Jinna, Jenie, Jeni, Jeanie▼, Jayna, Jany, Janny, Janney▼, Janna▼, Janie▼, Janey, Janee, Janaye, Janae, Jana▼
RELATED FORMS VIA JANE Gianina, Gianna▲, Ivana▲, Ivanka, Ivanna▲, Jaina, Jaine, Jainee, Jan▼, Jandy, Janean, Janeane, Janeen▼, Janel▼, Janela, Janelba, Janella, Janene, Janerita, Janessa, Janet▼, Janeta, Janeth, Janetta, Janica, Janice▼, Janina, Janine▼, Janique, Janis▼, Janise, Janit, Janka, Jannel, Jayne▼, Jayni, Jaynie, Jean▼, Jeanne▼, Jenda, Jenica, Jensina, Joan▼, Johanna, Juana, Juanita▼, Vania, Vanya
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Jenia, ..
(male) Jain, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jania Chelsea (J.C.), ..
How popular is Jania?
Jania is a rare first name for females but a somewhat popular surname for both adults and children (#103706 out of 150436, Top 69%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Jania entered the list in 1999 and reached its apex rank of #1186 in the U.S. in 2005, but is not in the list at the moment. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Gianna (#80 FROM RECENT DATA), Joanna (#212), Jane (#291), Johanna (#536), Ivanna (#566), Janessa (#978), Jana (#984), Ivana (#1187), Janae (#1193), Janet (#1412), Janice (#1433), Janie (#1691), Juana (#1692), Joan (#1727), Janney, Joana, Jenica, Jeni, Jeanne, Jeanie, Johnna, Joni, Juanita, Jean, Jayne, Jayna, Janina, Janna, Janel, Ivanka, Jaina, Jan, Janean, Janee, Janeen, Janene, Janise, Janeth, Janetta, Janey, Janine, Janis and Vania are the prominent alternative forms of Jania. Other variants, like Janique, are seldom used. Adoption of these forms of Jania was widespread among parents 88 years ago (AVERAGE #1352) and is now significantly lower (#1681, 89% LESS USAGE), with versions such as Jeanne becoming somewhat outmoded. Ivanna, Gianna and Ivana are three of the more contemporarily stylish baby names here.
Similar Names
Jania▼ is pronounced similarly to Genia, Genna, Ginna, Ginya, Janah, Janaya▼, Janea, Jannah, Janowa, Jeanee, Jeanna▼, Jenay, Jenni, Jenny▼, Jianna, Johna, Jona, Jonee, Jonnae, Jonni, Jonnie, Joyanna, Junae, Juneau and Junia. Other recommended sound-alike names are Avania, Basia, Candia, Chania, Damia, Dania, Daria, Fania, Faunia, Hania, Henia, Idania, Ionia, Jacie▼, Jaffa, Jaima, Jakiya, Jalea, Jalin, Jalisa▼, Jama, Jami▼, Jamia▼, Jamie▼, Janika, Janita, Jann, Janne, Jannis, Janot, Jarica, Jasenia, Jaya, Kadia, Latia, Naia, Nakia▼, Nania, Orania, Pania, Pazia, Rania, Safia, Shania▼, Talia▲, Tania▼, Tanzia, Umnia, Zenia and Zonia. These names tend to be more commonly used than Jania.
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