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What does Janis mean?
Janis 
▼ as a name for girls is a Hebrew name, and Janis means "God is gracious". Janis is an alternate spelling of Jane (Hebrew): originally a feminine respelling of John. Janis is also a variation of Janice (Hebrew).
ASSOCIATED WITH gracious
Variations
VARIANTS Jennice, Jenise, Jeniece, Jenice, Janyce, Jannis, Jannice, Janiss, Janise, Janiece, Janesse, Janess, Janeece
RELATIONS VIA JANE, JANICE Jaina, Jaine, Jainee, Jan▼, Jana▼, Janae, Janaye, Jandy, Janean, Janee, Janeen▼, Janel▼, Janela, Janene, Janessa, Janet▼, Janeta, Janeth, Janey, Jania▼, Janica, Janicia, Janie▼, Janina, Janine▼, Janique, Janit, Janka, Janna▼, Jannel, Janney▼, Janny, Jany, Jayna, Jayne▼, Jayni, Jaynie, Jean▼, Jeanie▼, Jeanne▼, Jency, Jenda, Jeni, Jenica, Jenie, Jess, Jinna, Joan▼, Joana▼, Joanna, Joni▼, Jonie, Juana, Juanita▼, Vania, Vanya
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Jeanis, ..
(male) Jail, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Janis April (J.A.), ..
How popular is Janis?
Janis is a very prominent first name for females (#429 out of 4276, Top 10%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#8022 out of 150436, Top 5%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Janis entered the list in 1910-1919 and reached its apex position of #169 in the U.S. in the 1940s, but is not in the list currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular alternative forms of Janis are Joanna (#212 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Jane (#291), Janessa (#978), Jana (#984), Janae (#1193), Janet (#1412), Janice (#1433), Janie (#1691), Juana (#1692), Joan (#1727), Jean, Jeanie, Jeanne, Jeni, Jenica, Jenice, Jaina, Jenise, Jess, Jayna, Joana, Joni, Juanita, Jayne, Janise, Janyce, Janey, Janean, Janee, Janeen, Janel, Janene, Janeth, Jania, Janney, Janiece, Janina, Janine, Jan, Janna and Vania. These relations of Janis were popular as baby names 88 years ago (ADOPTION OF 4.8%) and are now much less widespread (ADOPTION 0.2%, 95% LESS).
Similar Names
Janis▼ is pronounced similarly to Janeese, Jeanice and Jennis. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Alanis▼, Anis, Annis, Candis▼, Caris, Ennis, Ilanis, Innis, Jaci▼, Jacie▼, Jafit, Jalin, Jalisa▼, James▼, Jami▼, Jamia▼, Jamie▼, Janah, Janai, Janais, Janay▼, Jances, Jancis, Janea, Janiel, Janika, Janisha, Janissa, Janita, Jann, Janne, Jannie▼, Janot, Jas, Jayil, Jinia, Joanie, Jonisa, Junia, Kandis, Karis, Lenis, Maris, Mavis, Paris, Tais, Tanis and Wandis. These names tend to be less frequently used than Janis.
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