Girl · English (modern), from Hebrew
Janelle
Say it: juh-NEL
Meaning
A 20th-century elaboration of Jane or Janet with the suffix -elle; Jane is from Hebrew 'God is gracious'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Most used in the US from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1970s
In the United States
- 54,943 babies given this name since 1912
- At its height in 1978, about 1 in 1,100 girls
- 422 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Janel, Jannelle
Famous bearers
- Janelle Monáe, American singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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