Janith

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ʒɑniθ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Janith is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sri Lanka than in any other country, where it is the 56th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • LKSri Lanka≈1 in 1.8Kas Janitha(inferred from the name graph)
  • PLPoland1 in 6.4M
  • FIFinland1 in 2.2Kas Janita

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Janith itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sri Lanka (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 named Janitha, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
68 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 6.4M (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

JanithLatin(measured from records)
ජනිතSinhala(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Janitha in US United States, NL Netherlands.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Janith counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Janith is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LK Sri Lanka#56≈13,000 est.≈1 in 1.8K—Janith58
FI Finland—2,568as Janita1 in 2.2K2.6K——
US United States—1,686as Janita1 in 197K1.7KJanitha68
NL Netherlands—1,303as Janita1 in 13K1.3KJanitha5
BR Brazil—337as Janita1 in 628K397——
NO Norway—256as Janita1 in 21K856—3
LV Latvia—53as Janita1 in 35K53——
PL Poland—61 in 6.4M6——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Janith,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Janith
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020410#22,349
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202036#22,349
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194236—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194631—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194527—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194427—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)193926—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194725—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194125—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194025—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194324—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—20#22,895

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Janith?
A machine transcription gives /ʒɑniθ/ (IPA) for English.
Is Janith a male or female name?
Janith is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Janith have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Janitha in Sri Lanka, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Janith most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Janith is densest in Poland — about 1 in 6.4 million people — even though Sri Lanka holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Janith?
In Poland, the national register counted 6 people named Janith in 2026, about 1 in 6.4 million residents.
How common is Janith compared with other names?
In Sri Lanka, Janith is the 56th most common given name of 14,062 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Janith” — the 56th most common given name in Sri Lanka. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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