Janel, Janell, and Janelle are given names.
Those bearing them include:
Janelle Johnson (1923-1995), actress
Janelle Taylor (born 1944), American author
Janelle Commissiong (born 1953), Trinidad-and-Tobago-born beauty contestant
Janelle Saffin (born 1954), Australian politician
Janell Cannon (born 1957), American children's writer and illustrator
Janel Moloney (born 1969), American actress
Janel Jorgensen (born 1971), former butterfly swimmer from the United States
Janelle Patton (1972/73-2002), Australian murder victim
Janel Bishop (born 1970s), beauty queen from Manchester, New Hampshire, who won the 1991 Miss Teen USA title
Janel Horton (born 1978), Native American professional wrestler and manager, known by her ringname Alere Little Feather
Janell Burse (born 1979), American professional basketball player
Janelle Pierzina (born 1980), contestant on the U.S. reality show Big Brother
Janelle Casanave (born 1981/82), contestant on The Real World: Key West
Janel McCarville (born 1982), American professional basketball player
Janelle Atkinson (born 1982), Jamaican swimmer
Janelle Jamer (born 1983), Philippine actress
Janelle Billingslea (born 1980s), American runner
Janelle Monáe (born 1985), American musician
Janell Wheeler (born 1985), American musician among American Idol semi-finalists
Janelle Lawson (born 1987), Australian netball player
Janel Parrish (born 1988), American actress
Janelle Quintana (born 1989), Philippine actress
Janelle Redhead (born 1989), Grenadian runner
Janelle Corlass-Brown (born 1989), Australian performer
Janell Moon, American author of spiritual non-fiction and poetry
