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Janey

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Gender
  
Female

Region of origin
  
Worldwide

Popularity
  
see popular names

Word/name
  
Hebrew

Related names
  
John, Jane

Meaning
  
"Yahweh is gracious/merciful"

Janey is a diminutive form of the feminine given name Jane.

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People with this name

  • Janey Buchan (1926–2012), Scottish Labour Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Glasgow
  • Janey Sevilla Callander (1846–1923), British theatre producer
  • Janey Canuck, pen name used by Emily Murphy (1868–1933), Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author
  • Janey Godley (born 1961), British stand-up comedian and writer
  • Janey Gohl (born 1956), beauty queen from St. Cloud, Minnesota, competed in the Miss USA pageant
  • Janey Lee Grace, (born 1960), British based singer, author, television presenter and radio disc jockey
  • Janey Scott Lewin, pen name of Roberta Leigh (born 1927), British author and artist
  • Fictional character

  • Brainy Janey, nickname of Mary Jane Watson in Marvel comic books
  • Janey Powell, friend of Lisa Simpson and recurring character in The Simpsons
  • References

    Janey Wikipedia