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.

# 946 in the US

Janie Rank in US Top 1000

Janie Popularity

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.

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