Janie

JAY-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.

Janie Rank in US Top 1000

# 946 in the US

Popularity of the name Janie

• 1849 Nameberry 2025
• 541 Unique 2024

20 Names Similar to Janie

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• Lindy
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• Mollie
• Margie
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Famous People Named Janie

• Janie Marie Fricke American country music singer
• Janie Dee English actress and singer
• Jane Ann "Janie" Sell American actress
• Janie Porter Barrett American educator and reformer
• Elizabeth Jane "Janie" Wagstaff American swimmer
• Janie Tsao Taiwanese,American founder of Linksys
• Jane "Janie" Allan Scottish suffragette
• Janie Bradford American songwriter
• Janie Marèse (born Jeanne Marie Thérèse Bugnot) French actress
• Janie Tienphosuwan American,Thai actress
• Janie (b.2020) daughter of Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner Smith.

The name Janie in Pop Culture

• Jane Elizabeth "Janie" Johnson/Jennie Marie Spring character in The Face on the Milk Carton series by Caroline B. Cooney
• Janie Hobbs character on TV's "See Dad Run"
• Janie Crawford main character in "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
• Janie Conway main character in 1944 film "Janie"
• Janie Steadman child character on TV's "thirtysomething"
• "Janie's Got A Gun " song by Aerosmith
• "Janie Jones " song by The Clash