Jannike

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

How Jannike is read●(measured from records)

Jannike is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Norwegian24%

  a female given name from Low German, equivalent to English Jane; a Low German diminutive of Janne (= Norwegian Johanne)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• German20%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Jannike in German.

• Swedish17%

  Jannike och Jannika är diminutivformer till → Johanna eller femininformer till Jannik, som ursprungligen är en lågtysk smekform till → Jan och → Johan (→ Johannes). Namnet har börjat användas som officiellt namn i Sverige först under 1900-talet; de första bärarna kom från Norge där namnet användes tidigare. I den rikssvenska almanackan 11 januari och i den finlandssvenska 15 november.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• English14%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Jannike in English.

• Spanish5.1%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Jannike in Spanish.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Jannike 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.

• Scandinavian: apparently derived from French JEANNE , via the diminutive Jeannique .

  as a word

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)

• Jannike M. Falkb. 1943NONorwegian television director (1943–2022)
• Jannike Snoekb. 1945NONorwegian psychiatrist
• Jannike Åhlundb. 1954SESwedish film critic
• Jannike Grutb. 1964SESwedish actress
• Jannike Björlingb. 1966SESwedish model
• Jannike Ohrem Bakkeb. 1974NONorwegian writer
• Jannike Kruseb. 1975NONorwegian actress and singer
• Jannike Irene Østbyb. 1978NONorwegian cross-country skier
• Jannike ØyenNOresearcher
• Jannike AndersenNONorwegian association football player

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)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Jannike mean, and where does it come from?

a female given name from Low German, equivalent to English Jane; a Low German diminutive of Janne (= Norwegian Johanne) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Jannike?

In the etymology graph, Jean, Jane and Janet are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Hanna and Johanna.

How do you pronounce Jannike?

A machine transcription gives /jɑnːiːkə/ (IPA) for Norwegian.

Is Jannike a male or female name?

Jannike 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 Jannike have the most bearers?

In Norway, the national register counted about 660 people named Jannike, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jannike.

Where is Jannike most common?

Jannike is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 8.3 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Jannike?

In Norway, the national register counted 660 people named Jannike in 2025, about 1 in 8.3 thousand residents.

How common is Jannike compared with other names?

In Norway, Jannike is the 970th most common given name of 25,788 given names recorded there.