Janna

Girl Hebrew #2528 in 2023

Janna is a girl name of Hebrew origin.

Meaning of Janna

A fanciful modern variant of Jane.

Popularity of Janna

Popularity, 1912–2023

70 births in 2023

1912 2023

15,922 U.S. births recorded from 1912–2023.

Peak year

1979

428 babies

First recorded

1912

111 years of history

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Qur’anic concept

جَنَّة

Janna

Janna is the garden — the Qur’anic word for Paradise, pictured as gardens beneath which rivers flow. The word appears in some form nearly 150 times in the Qur’an.

From the Qur’an

"…They will have gardens beneath which rivers flow."

— Qur’an, Al-Baqarah 2:25

"And enter My Paradise."

— Qur’an, Al-Fajr 89:30

Similar names

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Boy · Hebrew

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Michael

Boy · Hebrew

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Mary

Girl · Hebrew

Bitter; beloved; wished-for child

Eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel

God is my oath; consecrated to God

About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.