Janika
given name · Latin script
Meaning: weibl. Vom., weibliche Bildung zu
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʒɑnikə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Janika is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 463K(measured from records)
- FIFinland1 in 1.8K
- SISlovenia1 in 105K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 169 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)
3,028 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
weibl. Vom., weibliche Bildung zu
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Janika 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | 3,028 | 1 in 1.8K | 3.2K | Janika | 22 |
| US United States | 719 | 1 in 463K | 714 | Janika | 169 |
| SE Sweden | 58 | 1 in 176K | 58 | — | 7 |
| NL Netherlands | 38 | 1 in 455K | 38 | Janika | 5 |
| CZ Czechia | 36 | 1 in 297K | 36 | — | — |
| HR Croatia | 30 | 1 in 141K | 30 | — | — |
| SI Slovenia | 20 | 1 in 105K | 20 | — | — |
| LV Latvia | 16 | 1 in 118K | 16 | — | 4 |
| GY Guyana | 6 | 1 in 125K | 6 | — | 2 |
3,028 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). 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; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); MVČR — living population register 2017; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); SURS — resident population given names; PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)
Janika is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latvian, Sievietes vārds
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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)
- Janika Balažb. 1925RSSerbian musician (1925-1988)
- Janika Fabrikantb. 1934FRFrench-Swiss painter
- Marja Vallilab. 1950USnot in their usual nameAmerican artist
- Janika Vanderveldeb. 1955UScomposer
- Janika Kronbergb. 1963EEEstonian literary critic (born 1963)
- Janika Sillamaab. 1975EEEstonian singer and actress (born 1975)
- Janika Sprungerb. 1987CHSwiss Show jumper
- Janika Lõivb. 1989EEEstonian cross-country mountain biker (born 1989)
- Janika Hoffmannb. 1995DEGerman writer
- Janika ter EllenNZNew Zealand television presenter
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 48 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 3.2K | #408 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 3K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 714 | #15,863 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 58 | #12,457 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 38 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 38 | #9,957 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 36 | #2,297 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 30 | #3,037 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 26 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 25 | #14,736 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2025 | 20 | #1,822 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 20 | #3,668 |
Reference works 4
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 does the name Janika mean, and where does it come from?
- weibl. Vom., weibliche Bildung zu Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
- What are other forms of the name Janika?
- In the etymology graph, Jean, Jane and Janet are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Janika?
- A machine transcription gives /ʒɑnikə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Janika a male or female name?
- Janika 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 Janika have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 3.0 thousand people named Janika, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled janika.
- Where is Janika most common?
- Janika is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.8 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Janika?
- In Finland, the national register counted 3,028 people named Janika, about 1 in 1.8 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Janika?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/janikaThe 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, “Janika”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.