Janis: Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, & Inspiration

Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

Hebrew : God is gracious; a feminine version of John
Hebrew : God is gracious; form of Jane

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English : perhaps a variant spelling of Janice.
French : unexplained.
Latvian : from the first name Jānis, Latvian form of John.
A Janis from the Champagne region of France is documented in 1704 in Trois Rivières, Quebec, with the secondary surname <xref>Sicard</xref>.

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