Given name
Janais
“God has answered our prayers”
Janais is a variant of Janae. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has answered our prayers.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Janais is a variant of Janae. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has answered our prayers.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Janais is a variant of Janae. An origin associated with Janae is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Janais through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 0 boys · 29 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2005.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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