Girl name origins & meanings Hebrew : God is gracious; a feminine version of JohnHebrew : God is gracious; form of Jane Girl name variations Jane Jayne Jain Jan Janie Jannie Janet Janot Janeth Janina Janice Janyce Janith Janna Jina Joan Joanna Jo Ann Johanna Joann Joanne Jovanna Joni Janey Gianina Giovanna Juana Juanita Sinead Shena Sheena Sine Seonaid Janese Janesey Janess Janesse Family name origins & meanings 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>.
