Given name & surname
Janka
“God is gracious”
Janka is a variant of Jane. In Hebrew use, Jane carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Janka is a variant of Jane. In Hebrew use, Jane carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Janka is a diminutive of Janina. Janina comes from Late Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Polish usage, Janka is a diminutive of Janina.
The story
Janka is a variant of Jane. The history of Jane gives this family its wider story. Lady Jane Grey is one of the name’s historical bearers. In fiction, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre gave it a lasting nineteenth-century association; the novel appeared in 1847.
Explained through its name family
Janka’s family of names
In Czech usage, Janka is a diminutive of Jana. Janka has a related form in Jane. In German usage, Janka has a related form in Johanna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Janka has relatives in 6 languages.
5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 37
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- Johnequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- Evanequivalent
- Juanequivalent
- Ivanequivalent
- Johnnyequivalent
- Johanequivalent
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- Jeanequivalent
- Gianequivalent
- Jonequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- Johannesequivalent
- Janequivalent
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
- Yankaequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Іванequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Iwoequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Janka
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Janka, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Janecska
“God is gracious”
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Janna
“God is gracious”
>99% girls
Janelba
“God is gracious”
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Jenda
“God is gracious”
1% boys · 99% girls
Janie
“God is gracious”
>99% girls
Janessa
“God is gracious”
>99% girls
Alinka
“noble” · “kind”
12% boys · 88% girls
Vyancka
“a shining,fair-skinned woman”
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