Given name
Jannike
Jannike is a feminine given name from Low German. It is used in Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
In Norwegian usage, Jannike is a diminutive of JOHANNE. In Norwegian usage, Jannike is a diminutive of Janne.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jannike through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 6 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 6 in 1989. 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.
Jannike’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Jannike is a diminutive of JOHANNE. In Norwegian usage, Jannike has a related form in JANNICKE. In Norwegian usage, Jannike is a diminutive of Janne.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jannike
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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