Janelle
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Modern name from Jane; feminine suffix -elle
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʒəˈnɛɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Janelle is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Antigua & Barbuda it is the 18th most common given name.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 2.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 6.6K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 6.8K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 499 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈100,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Modern name from Jane; feminine suffix -elle.
Sources 1
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Janelle, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Janelle 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Janelle | 12 |
| US United States | #730 | 48,979 | 1 in 6.8K | 49K | Janelle | 499 |
| AU Australia | #416 | ≈9,900 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | 89 | Janelle | 196 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈7,700 est. | ≈1 in 14K | 22K | Janelle | 111 |
| CA Canada | #671 | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 6.6K | 15 | Janelle | 194 |
| NZ New Zealand | #436 | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 6.8K | 10 | Janelle | 91 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | #18 | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | 1 | Janelle | 4 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); the ag-abec-voter-roll-2026 register. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Janelle is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Probably an altered spelling of French Janel, from a pet form of Jean, French form of John. FOREBEARS! A bearer of the name from Paris is documented in Baie-du-Febvre, Quebec, in 1730.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Modern elaborated form of Jane, with the feminine ending -elle abstracted from names such as pDanielle. In the
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In French, dérivé de Jean.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In German, ) Janell; Janel [d39'nel]: weibl.
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
English: modern elaborated form of JANE , with the feminine ending- elle abstracted from names such as Danielle . Variant: Janella (a Latinate form; for the ending, cf. PRUNELLA ) .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Janelle Johnsonb. 1923USAmerican actress (1923-1995)
- Janelle Kidmanb. 1940mother of Nicole Kidman
- Janelle Taylorb. 1944USAmerican author
- Janelle Commissiongb. 1953TTTrinidad and Tobago model
- Janelle Jamesb. 1979USAmerican comedian
- Janelle Pierzinab. 1980USAmerican reality show personality (born 1980)
- Julia Letlowb. 1981USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician and academic administrator (born 1981)
- Janelle Monáeb. 1985USAmerican singer and actress (born 1985)
- Janelle Arthurb. 1989USsinger
- Janelle Salaünb. 2001FRFrench basketball player (born 2001)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
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 68 sources across 39 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 49K | #918 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 340 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 96 | #918 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1976 | 89 | #81 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 54 | — |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 1979 | 36 | — |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 15 | #273 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2007 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2005 | 5 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2002 | 3 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 1976 | 2 | — |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | Antigua & Barbuda ABEC Voter Registration Roll (2026) | 2026 | 1 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Janelle?
- In the etymology graph, Janet, Janice and Juana are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Jean and Jane.
- What does the name Janelle mean, and where does it come from?
- Modern name from Jane; feminine suffix -elle. Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- How do you pronounce Janelle?
- A machine transcription gives /ʒəˈnɛɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Janelle have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 103 thousand people named Janelle in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled janelle.
- Is Janelle a male or female name?
- Janelle 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.
- How common is the name Janelle?
- In the United States, the national register counted 48,979 people named Janelle in 2020, about 1 in 6.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Janelle compared with other names?
- In Antigua & Barbuda, Janelle is the 18th most common given name of 3,327 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Janelle?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/janelleThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Janelle” — the 18th most common given name in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.