Jañe
given name · Latin script
Jañe is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country: 356,607 people, counted by the Census Bureau in 2020. In the Philippines it is the 11th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebr. Jañe is also written 재인 in Korean (Hangul) and ጃኔ in Ethiopic.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 360(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 470
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 510
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jañe itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #219 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 616 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 364 (inferred from the name graph)
356,607 people, 2020
of 15M given names, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Jañe in other scripts: Korean (Hangul) and Ethiopic
(measured from records)Locally spelled Jane in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- FrenchJeanne(measured from records)
- Middle FrenchJehanne(measured from records)
- Medieval LatinJohanna(measured from records)
- LatinIōhannēs(measured from records)
- Koine GreekἸωάνναIōánna(measured from records)
- HebrewיוֹחָנָהYôḥānāh“God is gracious”(measured from records)
Variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of John and Jack and earlier use of Joan in the same role. Doublet of Gianna, Ivana, Jana, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
Cited for this meaning 8
- A concise dictionary of first names
- A dictionary of surnames
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Jañe 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #122 | 356,607 | 1 in 933 | 354K | Jane | 616 |
| GB United Kingdom | #44 | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 364 | 9 | Jane | 373 |
| NG Nigeria | #425 | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | listed | Jane | 114 |
| PH Philippines | #11 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Jane | 187 |
| BR Brazil | — | 70,075 | 1 in 3K | 77K | — | 9 |
| AU Australia | #43 | ≈57,000 est. | ≈1 in 473 | 107 | Jane | 303 |
| DK Denmark | #117 | 10,464 | 1 in 561 | 10K | Jane | 146 |
| NZ New Zealand | #41 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 512 | 15 | Jane | 179 |
| LV Latvia | — | 5,503as Zane | 1 in 342 | 5.5K | — | 20 |
356,607 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population 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).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jañe mean, and where does it come from?
- Variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebr… Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and A dictionary of surnames and 6 other sources.
- Which countries have the most people named Jañe?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 357 thousand people named Jañe, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jane. After it come United Kingdom, Nigeria, Philippines and Brazil; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Jañe?
- In the United States, the national register counted 356,607 people named Jañe in 2020, about 1 in 933 residents.
- How common is Jañe compared with other names?
- In the United States, Jañe is the 122nd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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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, “Jañe” — ranked 140th in the United States (Census Bureau, 2020). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.