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Janie

HeartJAY-nee; HA-nee
Diminutive of Jane, English
"God is gracious"

Janie Origin and Meaning

The name Janie is a girl's name meaning "God is gracious".

Will this old-fashioned nickname make a comeback, now that Jane has shed her "plain" image? Janie is cute and approachable, and would stand as well on the birth certificate as Josie and Jessie do now.

Spanish speakers pronounce Janie with an H sound at the beginning.

# 946 in the US

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Famous People Named Janie

  • Janie Marie FrickeAmerican country music singer
  • Janie DeeEnglish actress and singer
  • Jane Ann "Janie" SellAmerican actress
  • Janie Porter BarrettAmerican educator and reformer
  • Elizabeth Jane "Janie" WagstaffAmerican swimmer
  • Janie TsaoTaiwanese,American founder of Linksys
  • Jane "Janie" AllanScottish suffragette
  • Janie BradfordAmerican songwriter
  • Janie Marèse (born Jeanne Marie Thérèse Bugnot)French actress
  • Janie TienphosuwanAmerican,Thai actress
  • Janie (b.2020) daughter of Joshua Jackson and Jodie TurnerSmith.

Janie in Pop Culture

  • Jane Elizabeth "Janie" Johnson/Jennie Marie Springcharacter in The Face on the Milk Carton series by Caroline B. Cooney
  • Janie Hobbscharacter on TV's "See Dad Run"
  • Janie Crawfordmain character in "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
  • Janie Conwaymain character in 1944 film "Janie"
  • Janie Steadmanchild character on TV's "thirtysomething"
  • "Janie's Got A Gun" song by Aerosmith
  • "Janie Jones" song by The Clash