Given name

Janyssa

Janyssa is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Janyssa isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Janyssa through the years

Babies since 1880
33
0 boys · 33 girls
Most popular year
2001
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02462025Highest share 20010.0
Janyssa in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2001–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2001.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

JanyssaJanissa

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Janyssa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Janiaya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Janicia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jakera

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jakashia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jacenda

“resembling the hyacinth”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Natasa

“born on Christmas Day”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Janneth

“God is gracious”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jiniyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Janyssa’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Janyssa

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