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Jane

OriginEnglish
Meaning"God is gracious"
GenderGirl

About Jane

Variation of Janae

1 syllable.

As of September 2026, Jane ranked #221 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #35 in 1946, Nameberry popularity #64.

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Famous Janes

  • Janes Means Pierce

    Wife of President Franklin Pierce

  • Jane Seymour

    third Queen consort of Henry VIII of England

  • Jane Grey

    Queen of England for nine days

  • Jane Austen

    English novelist

  • Jane Addams

    American settlement worker

  • Jane Wyman (born Sarah Jane Mayfield)

    American singer/actress

  • (Ernestine) Jane Geraldine Russell

    American actress

  • Jane Sanders

    wife of Vermont's Senator Bernie Sanders

  • Jane Powell (born Suzanne Lorraine Burce)

    American dancer, singer, and actress

  • Jane Asher

    English actress, one,time fiancee of musician Paul McCartney

  • Jane Seymour Fonda

    American actress

  • (Valerie) Jane Morris Goodall

    English primatologist

  • Jane Withers

    American actress

  • Jane Margaret Lakes Harman

    former U.S. Congresswoman from California

  • Jane Seymour (born Joyce Frankenberg)

    English actress

  • Jane Dee Hull

    American politician, 20th governor of Arizona

  • Jane Clifton

    Australian actress

  • Jane Morgan

    American singer

  • Jane Marian Joseph

    English composer

  • (Emma) Jane Catherine Cobden

    English radical politician

  • Jane Krakowski

    American actress

  • Jane Frances Kaczmarek

    American actress

  • Jane Colburn Levy

    American actress

  • Jane Leeves

    English actress

  • Jane Marie Lynch

    American actress/comedienne

  • Jane Elliott

    American educator and activist

  • Jane Espenson

    American TV writer and producer

  • Jane Porter

    Scottish novelist and playwright

  • Jane Boleyn

    Viscountess Rochford, sister,in,law of Queen Anne Boleyn

  • Jane Adams

    American actress

  • Jane "Poni" Adams (born Betty Jane Bierce)

    American actress

  • Jane Adams

    English novelist

  • Calamity Jane (born Martha Jane Canary)

    American frontierswoman

  • Jane Ussher

    New Zealand photographer

  • Jane Pratt

    American magazine and website editor (Jane Magazine)

  • Jane Dornacker

    American musician, comedienne and journalist

  • Jane Urquhart

    Canadian novelist and poet

  • Jane Moore Sibbett

    American actress

  • Jane Alexander

    American author and actress

  • Jane Ira Bloom

    American jazz musician

  • Jane Green

    English novelist

  • Jane Olivor

    American cabaret singer

  • (Elizabeth) Jane Campion

    New Zealand screenwriter

  • Jane Hyatt Yolen

    American novelist

  • Jane Monheit

    American jazz singer

  • Jane Nossette Jarvis

    American jazz pianist

  • (Margaret) Jane Pauley

    American news anchor and journalist

  • Jane Lauder

    American businesswoman of Estee Lauder

  • Jane Jensen (born Jane Elizabeth Smith)

    American video game designer

  • Jane Therese Curtin

    American actress/comedienne

  • Jane Mallory Birkin

    English model and originator of Hermes Birkin bag

  • Jane Smiley

    American novelist

  • Jane Grybennikova

    Ukrainian model

  • Jane Zhang (born Zhang Liangying)

    Chinese pop singer

  • Jane Erin Carrey

    daughter of actor Jim Carrey

  • Jane Kimmel (b. 2014)

    daughter of comedian Jimmy Kimmel and Molly McNearney

Jane in pop culture

  • "Jane Eyre

    " novel by Charlotte Bronte and its main character

  • Jane Porter

    character in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan series

  • Jane Bennet

    eldest sister in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"

  • Jane Fairfax

    character in Jane Austen's "Emma"

  • Jane "Eleven" Hopper

    character on TV's "Stranger Things"

  • Mary Jane Watson

    character in the Marvel Universe

  • Jane Foster

    character in the Thor series

  • Jane Chapman

    character in "Big Little Lies"

  • Jane Gloriana Villanueva

    character on TV's "Jane the Virgin"

  • Jane Kano

    character in 2019's "Charlie's Angels"

  • Jane "Janie" Johnson aka Jennie Spring

    main character in Caroline B. Cooney's "The Face on the Milk Carton"

  • Jane Gallagher

    character in J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye"

  • Jane Marple

    character in novels by Agatha Christie

  • Jane Murdstone

    David Copperfield's step,aunt in Charles Dicken's "David Copperfield"

  • Jane Rizzoli

    character on TV's "Rizzoli & Isles"

  • Jane Penvellyn

    character in the HER Interactive video game, "Curse of Blackmoor Manor"

  • Jane Sloan

    character in "The Bold Type"

  • Jane Burnham

    character in movie "American Beauty"

  • Jane

    Anne Deveraux, character on TV's "The Originals"

  • Jane Quimby

    main character on TV's "Jane by Design"

  • Jane Bingum

    main character on TV's "Drop Dead Diva"

  • Jane and the Dragon

    book series by Martin Baynton and TV show

  • Jane

    Wendy's daughter in Disney's "Return to Neverland'

  • Jane Penderwick

    character in The Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall

  • "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman"

    novel by Ernest J. Gaines and movie

  • Jane Sterling

    character on TV's "Mad Men"

  • Jane

    character in "Half,Magic" by Edward Eager

  • Jane Nichols

    main character in movie "27 Dresses"

  • Jane

    character in the Twilight Saga

  • Jane Moffat

    character in "The Moffats" series by Eleanor Estes

  • Jane Margolis

    character on TV's "Breaking Bad"

  • Jane Andrews

    character in "Anne of Green Gables" by L.M. Montgomery

  • Jane Kerkovich

    Williams, character on TV' "Happy Endings"

  • Jane Lane

    character in animated series Daria

  • Jane Morgan

    character in movie "My Babysitter's a Vampire"

  • Jane Crocker

    character in web comic "Homestuck"

  • Jane Larkin

    character in "Call Him Demon"

  • Jane

    character in "Will Grayson, Will Grayson," by John Green and David Levithan

  • Patrick Jane

    main character on TV's "The Mentalist"

  • Blue "Jane" Sargent

    character in "The Raven Cycle"

  • Jane Banks

    character in "Mary Poppins"

  • Jane Beale

    character in TV's "EastEnders"

  • Jane

    Fairy Godmother's daughter in Disney's "Descendants"

  • Jane

    main character in "The Iron Dragon's Daughter"

  • Jane

    main character in Jane in Bloom by Deborah Lytton.

  • Sister Jane Ingalls

    character on Netflix's original series "Orange Is the New Black"

  • Jane

    character in the Line Webtoon "Winter Woods"

  • Jane "Janie" Scott

    character in The Apothecary

  • Jane Boolittle

    daughter of Doctor Boolittle in "Monster High" show and series

  • Jane

    character in "On the Road"

  • Jane Norman

    clothing company

  • "Jane

    " song by the Barenaked Ladies

  • Mary Jane

    slang for marijuana

  • Plain Jane

    slang for an ordinary woman

  • Jane Doe

    stand,in name for a woman

  • Jane's Addiction

    American alternative rock band

  • Dear Jane

    Hong Kong rock band

  • "G.I. Jane

    " 1997 movie

  • 'Soldier Jane'

    song by Beck

  • "Queen Jane Approximately

    " song by Bob Dylan

  • "Jane

    Jane, Jane," song by the Kingston Trio

  • "Sweet Jane

    " song by the Velvet Underground

  • Jane Cobalt

    character in the Addicted Series

  • Jane Jetson

    from the cartoon series "The Jetsons"

  • Jane Tiberia Kirk

    Starship Captain in Star Trek comics by IDW Publishing, Jane Tiberia Kirk is a female version of Captain James Tiberius Kirk

  • Jane the Killer

    Creepypasta

  • Jane Ryan

    main character in movie "New York Minute"

  • Jane "Alice" Jones

    character in movie "Closer"

  • "The Woeful Lamentation of Jane Shore"

    17th century Broadside Ballad

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