Given name · Ukrainian
Яніна
“God is gracious”
Яніна (Janína) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Janína.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Яніна goes back to Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh), meaning “God is gracious.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Яніна comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Яніна developed from Ἰωάννα.
Яніна’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Яніна shares an earlier linguistic root with Жа́нна. In Ukrainian usage, Яніна can be written in the Roman alphabet as Janína. In Ukrainian usage, Яніна shares an earlier linguistic root with Жанна.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Johannaequivalent
- Janineequivalent
- Janinaequivalent
- Yaninaequivalent
- Janenneequivalent
- Яні́наfeminine form
- Жа́ннаdoublet · Ukrainian
- Я́наdoublet · Ukrainian
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Яніна
- Yanina Karolchyk-PravalinskayaBelarusian shot putterborn 1976
- Yanina SokolovaUkrainian journalist, television presenter and social activistborn 1984
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