Given name
Jannai
“he will be gracious”·“Yah is gracious”
Jannai is used as a given name.
Original GreekΙαννα
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Jannai is thought to mean “he will be gracious” or “Yah is gracious.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Jannai is a biblical name, probably from Greek.
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jannai appears in Luke 3:24, Luke 3:23.
- Luke 3:24
- Luke 3:23
From biblical name research
Jannai through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 5 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 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jannai’s family of names
Jannai may belong to the same name family as Janai. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 15
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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